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. 2017 Dec 19;12(12):e0189840. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189840

Table 1. Baseline characteristics of study subjects (*RA SF-12, SLE SF-36v1, SSc and IIM SF-36v2).

RA (N = 64) SLE (N = 118) SSc (N = 108) IIM (N = 25)
Sociodemographic variables Mean or % SD or N Mean or % SD or N Mean or % SD or N Mean or % SD or N
Age, years 57.9 14.1 35.8 14.2 54.8 12.5 49.4 15.4
Female, % 62.5% 40 92.7% 109 78.7% 85 68.0% 17
Race/Ethnicity, %      
    White 79.7% 51 53.4% 62 90.7% 98 68.0% 17
    Black 1.6% 1 18.1% 21 0.9% 1 8.0% 2
    Asian 6.2% 4 14.7% 17 2.8% 3 16.0% 4
    Aboriginal 1.6% 1 0.9% 1 1.9% 2 0% 0
    Others 10.9% 7 12.9% 15 3.7% 4 8.0% 2
Education, %      
    High school or less 32.8% 21 28.4% 33 48.1% 52 52.0% 13
    > High school 67.2% 43 71.6% 83 51.9% 56 48.0% 12
Full- or part-time employment, % 56.3% 36 - - 50.9% 55 32.0% 8
Smoking, %      
    Never 51.5% 33 60.7% 71 45.4% 49 68.0% 17
    Current 9.4% 6 14.5% 17 12.0% 13 0% 0
    Past 39.1% 25 24.8% 29 42.6% 46 32.0% 8
Disease variables      
Disease duration, years 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.5 0.3
Inflammatory arthritis, % 100.0% 64 70.3% 83 26.9% 29 32.0% 8
Interstitial lung disease, % 0 0 2.5% 3 30.6% 33 68.0% 17
Myositis, % 0 0 3.2% 3 13.9% 15 100.0% 25
Raynaud's phenomenon, % 3.1% 2 20.5% 24 89.8% 97 20.0% 5
Sicca, % 19.1% 12 - - 40.2% 43 44.0% 11
Global disease activity (range 0–10) 4.2 2.3 2.5 2.6 4.7 2.8 4.8 1.9
Global disease damage (range 0–10) - - 0.5 1.2 4.0 2.6 1.4 1.6
Medications variables, currently
    Corticosteroids 23.4% 15 61.1% 44 27.3% 27 85.0% 17
    DMARDS 37.5% 24 91.2% 104 26.5% 27 85.7% 12
Outcome variables      
Physical component summary score* 37.1 13.3 38.9 12.2 35.0 13.6 28.0 15.4
Mental component summary score* 45.0 13.3 40.1 14.3 44.4 14.7 33.6 18.7