| Disease burden | Treatment burden | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Pain interference T-scorea | Morning stiffness | Serious medication side effect | Intolerance to methotrexateb | |
Mean (SD) | % >15Â mins | % Yes | % Intolerant | |
Total (N = 180) | 50.1 (11.1) | 17.8% | 26.7% | 42.2% |
Disease duration | ||||
  > 8 years | 50.3 (11.8) | 24.0% | 32.0% | 41.9% |
  ≤ 8 years | 49.9 (10.6) | 13.3% | 22.9% | 42.4% |
 p-value | 0.8676 | 0.0650 | 0.1715 | 0.9682 |
Age group | ||||
  ≥ 13 years | 51.3 (11.7) | 25.3% | 39.2% | 40.0% |
  < 13 years | 49.1 (10.5) | 11.9% | 16.8% | 43.6% |
 p-value | 0.1481 | 0.0193 | 0.0007 | 0.7335 |
Sex | ||||
 Female | 50.3 (11.1) | 18.1% | 26.1% | 48.5% |
 Male | 49.3 (11.1) | 16.7% | 28.6% | 22.7% |
 p-value | 0.5835 | 0.8297 | 0.7499 | 0.0332 |
Race/Ethnicity | ||||
 White non-Hispanic | 49.2 (10.7) | 19.2% | 26.7% | 40.6% |
 Other | 53.8 (12.0) | 11.8% | 26.5% | 47.6% |
 p-value | 0.0266 | 0.3086 | 0.9771 | 0.5674 |
Highest parental education | ||||
  ≤ High school graduate | 50.2 (10.6) | 22.9% | 27.1% | 42.9% |
 Any college | 50.0 (11.3) | 15.9% | 26.5% | 42.0% |
 p-value | 0.7779 | 0.2768 | 0.9392 | 0.9464 |