Table III.

Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of OA and RA patients.

	OA (n=149)		RA (n=159)
	n	(%)	n	(%)
Sex
Female	118	47.8	129	52.2
Race/Ethnicity
White	129	52.2	118	47.8
African American	10	24.4	31	75.6
Other	10	50.0	10	50.0
Age group (yrs)
18–44	9	18.4	40	81.6
45–64	95	53.4	83	46.6
≥65	45	55.6	36	44.4
Education level
<High school diploma	1	20.0	4	80.0
High school diploma	22	53.7	19	46.3
At least some college	47	43.9	60	56.1
Completed college or greater	79	51.0	76	49.0
Disease duration (yrs)
<5 yrs	43	46.7	49	53.3
6–20 yrs	71	48.0	77	52.0
over 20	26	50.0	26	50.0
Self-reported severity
Not at all severe to moderately severe	46	45.5	55	54.5
Moderately severe	41	47.7	45	52.3
Moderately severe to extremely severe	61	50.8	59	49.2
Comorbidity
Yes	81	53.6	70	46.4