Table 2.

Association between rheumatoid arthritis and race, education level, and poverty income ratio in both men and women: 2005–2006 through 2017–2018.

	Men *	Women *
Race
NH-Caucasian	1 (ref)	1 (ref)
Hispanic a	0.99 (0.77, 1.27)	1.41 (1.16, 1.72)
NH-African American	1.53 (1.17,1.99)	1.88 (1.58, 2.23)
Education level
<high school	1 (ref)	1 (ref)
High school graduate/GED	0.94 (0.70, 1.25)	0.75 (0.59, 0.94)
Some college	1.14(0.84, 1.55)	0.68 (0.55, 0.83)
≥college	0.49 (0.32, 0.77)	0.40 (0.29, 0.54)
PIR
<1.3	1 (ref)	1 (ref)
1.3–3.5	0.75 (0.59, 0.94)	0.57 (0.46, 0.71)
≥3.5	0.58 (0.44, 0.77)	0.41 (0.31, 0.53)

^a Hispanic includes Mexican American and other Hispanic. * adjusted for age, survey year, smoking status, weight, and physical activity.