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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.

Published in final edited form as: Psychosom Med. 2017 Jan;79(1):24–33. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000363

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the rheumatoid arthritis and control groups.

	Rheumatoid arthritis (n = 24)	Controls (n = 48)	p
Age (years)	60.4 ± 11.5	61.8 ± 10.2	0.60
Gender (% female)	87.5	81.3	0.74
Race (% Caucasian)	41.7	66.7	0.059
Ethnicity (% Hispanic)	16.7	8.9	0.43
BMI (kg/m²)	27.3 ± 4.8	25.8 ± 4.7	0.20
Education (years)	15.6 ± 4.5	16.5 ± 3.5	0.37
Marital status (% married)	41.7	37.0	0.80
Employment status (% employed)	29.2	40	0.44

Results are presented as means ± SD or % as indicated.

Abbreviations: BMI = body mass index.