Table 3.
Age-adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for limitations due to arthritis by Asians and Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders (NHPI) compared to Whites by sex
Limitations | Race | Female | Male | ||
OR (95% CI) | P-value | OR (95% CI) | P-value | ||
Limited in usual activities | NHPI | 0.8 (0.4, 1.3) | .324 | 1.0 (0.5, 2.0) | .923 |
Asian | 0.4 (0.3, 0.7) | <.001 | 0.8 (0.5, 1.3) | .399 | |
White | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
Type or amount of work | NHPI | 1.6 (0.9, 2.8) | .146 | 1.0 (0.5, 2.0) | .969 |
Asian | 0.7 (0.4, 1.1) | .124 | 0.9 (0.5, 1.5) | .611 | |
White | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
Limited by joint symptoms | NHPI | 0.8 (0.4, 1.3) | .324 | 1.0 (0.5, 2.0) | .923 |
Asian | 0.4 (0.3, 0.7) | <.001 | 0.8 (0.5, 1.3) | .399 | |
White | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
Social activities | NHPI | ||||
Limited a lot | 1.3 (0.6, 2.7) | .534 | 0.8 (0.3, 2.0) | .610 | |
Limited a little | 0.8 (0.4, 1.5) | .473 | 1.5 (0.7, 3.2) | .368 | |
Social activities | Asian | ||||
Limited a lot | 0.4 (0.2, 0.9) | .023 | 0.7 (0.3, 1.6) | .428 | |
Limited a little | 0.7 (0.4, 1.2) | .212 | 1.1 (0.5, 2.2) | .883 | |
Social activities | White | ||||
Limited a lot | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
Limited a little | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Limitations are based on responses to survey questions on arthritis burden from the 2013 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey
Comparison category for activity limitations is having no limitations
Abbreviation: confidence interval (CI)