Table I.
Demographic Characteristics of the Sample
| Variables | Child characteristics |
Variables | Parent characteristics |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TD (n = 16) | JIA (n = 13) | TD (n = 16) | JIA (n = 13) | |||
| Age, yearsa | 4.0 (1.14) | 2.73 (0.73) | Age, years | 34.87 (4.19) | 32.75 (4.43) | |
| Sex, n (%) | Sex, n (%) | |||||
| Male | 4 (25%) | 3 (23%) | Male | 2 (13%) | 0 | |
| Female | 12 (75%) | 10 (77%) | Female | 14 (88%) | 13 (100%) | |
| JIA category, n (%) | Education, n (%) | |||||
| Oligoarticular | N/A | 6 (46%) | Some college | 2 (13%) | 6 (46%) | |
| Extended oligoarticular | 1 (8%) | College degree | 10 (63%) | 5 (39%) | ||
| Polyarticular | 6 (46%) | Master’s degree | 4 (25%) | 2 (15%) | ||
| Disease condition, n (%) | Marital status, n (%) | |||||
| Active JIA | N/A | 9 (69%) | Married | 16 (100%) | 11 (85%) | |
| Inactive JIA | 4 (31%) | Divorced | 0 | 2 (15%) | ||
| JIA duration, months | N/A | 6.92 (2.22) | Ethnicity, n (%) | |||
| JIA active Joint (numbers) | N/A | 2.31 (2.14) | Caucasian | 13 (81%) | 10 (77%) | |
| PGA disease activity | N/A | 1.68 (1.87) | Hispanic | 0 | 1 (8%) | |
| Attend childcare, n (%) | 8 (50%) | 6 (46%) | Asian | 3 (19%) | 1 (8%) | |
| Attend kindergarten | 3 (19%) | 0 | Other | 0 | 1 (8%) | |
Note. Data are mean ± SD or n (%). JIA = juvenile idiopathic arthritis; TD = typically developing; PGA = physician global assessment.
aDenote significant group differences.