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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Rheum Dis. 2017 Dec 15;77(5):678–683. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-212407

Table 3. Patient Characteristics by Group.

Characteristic Group 1
(n=329)
n (%)
Group 2
(n=142)
n (%)
Group 3
(n=489)
n (%)
Group 4
(n=84)
n (%)
Group 5
(n=229)
n (%)
P Value
Female
(n=1140)
281 (85) 129 (91) 451 (92) 80 (95) 199 (87) 0.006
Caucasian
(n=1165)
307 (93) 130 (92) 455 (93) 68 (81) 205 (90) 0.003
Hispanic
(n=311)
86 (26) 49 (35) 74 (15) 36 (43) 66 (29) <.0001
Private Insurance
(n=873)
245 (75) 86 (61) 328 (67) 57 (68) 157 (69) 0.04
Patient Global
(Mean, SD)*
4.6 (2.3) 4.4 (2.3) 4.8 (2.1) 4.0 (2.2) 4.6 (2.4) 0.02
*

Tukey's procedure demonstrated that the only paired comparison reaching statistical significance (p<0.05) was between Groups 3 and 4.