Clinical Study
Clinical Assessment and Management of Spondyloarthritides in the Middle East: A Multinational Investigation
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of
patients (
).
| Characteristic | Number (%) |
| Gender | | Male | 99 (58.6) | Female | 70 (41.4) | Race | | Arab | 108 (63.9) | Asian | 43 (25.4) | White | 7 (4.2) | African | 2 (1.2) | Other or mixed | 9 (5.3) | Smoking status | | Nonsmokers | 112 (66.3) | Current smokers | 46 (27.2) | Previous smokers | 9 (5.3) | Not known | 2 (1.2) | Employment status | | Full-time | 91 (53.8) | Part-time as a result of the disease status | 17 (10.1) | Part-time by choice | 7 (4.1) | Unemployed as a result of disease status | 8 (4.7) | Unemployed by choice | 45 (26.7) | Not known | 1 (0.6) | Family history of rheumatologic disease | | Yes | 43 (25.4) | No | 119 (70.4) | Unknown | 7 (4.2) |
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