Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of AxSpA patients (n = 183) in the cross-sectional study
| Age (years) | ||
| Mean (SD) | 39.5 (13.7) | |
| Gender | n | % |
| Male | 141 | 77.0 |
| Female | 42 | 23.0 |
| Marital Status | ||
| Single | 72 | 39.3 |
| Married | 103 | 56.3 |
| Divorced/Separated | 7 | 3.8 |
| Widowed | 1 | 0.5 |
| Education | ||
| Primary or below | 6 | 33 |
| Secondary | 45 | 24.6 |
| Post-secondary | 66 | 36.1 |
| Tertiary | 65 | 35.5 |
| missing | 1 | 0.5 |
| Work status | ||
| Employed/ self employed | 128 | 69.9 |
| Student | 19 | 10.4 |
| Housekeeper | 10 | 5.5 |
| Retired | 8 | 4.4 |
| Unemployed | 16 | 8.7 |
| missing | 2 | 1.1 |
| Administered Language | ||
| English | 150 | 82.0 |
| Chinese | 33 | 18.0 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Chinese | 156 | 85.2 |
| Malay | 5 | 2.7 |
| Indian | 9 | 4.9 |
| Others | 13 | 7.1 |