Table 1.
Group | Gender | Age | Race | ||||
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Male | Female | Mean ± SD | Range | Black | White | Others | |
OA | 36 | 14 | 54.3 ± 10.6 | 30–88 | 42 | 6 | 2 |
RA | 21 | 12 | 58.4 ± 11.0 | 38–80 | 19 | 11 | 3 |
Totals | 57 | 26 | 55.9 ± 10.9 | 30–88 | 61 | 17 | 5 |
OA, osteoarthritis; RA, rheumatoid arthritis. “Others” are Hispanic and Asian/Pacific Islander. One OA person in the “Others” column is both Hispanic and Black. OA and RA differed by race (X2, p = 0.028), but not gender, (X2, p = 0.65) or age (Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test, p = 0.140)