Research Article

Burden of Depression among Working-Age Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Table 1

Description of study sample. Working-age (18 to 64 years) adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (2009, 2011, 2013, and 2015).

Weighted Weighted%

All2,6625,719,998100.0
Gender
 Female 1,8263,661,95864.0
 Male 8362,058,04036.0
Race/ethnicity
 White 1,0613,596,24962.9
 African American 778 989,82217.3
 Latino 639 780,41613.6
 Others 184 353,5116.2
Age in years
 18–39 years 444 956,65216.7
 40–49 years 6091,271,67022.2
 50–59 years 1,0802,326,29240.7
 60–64 years 5291,165,38420.4
Marital status
 Married 1,287 3,098,42054.2
 Widow/separated/divorced 845 1,630,18028.5
 Never married 530 991,39817.3
Education
 Less than high school 665 1,007,82717.6
 High school 939 2,043,96335.7
 More than high school 1,036 2,623,40045.9
Poverty status
 Poor 740 1,216,76721.3
 Not poor 675 1,204,16821.1
 Middle income 708 1,670,01029.2
 High income 539 1,629,05428.5
Insurance status
 Private 1,302 3,411,53359.6
 Public 932 1,580,32227.6
 Uninsured 428 728,14412.7
Employment
 Employed 1,309 3,071,10053.7
 Not employed 1,352 2,647,28346.3
Region
 Northeast 383 984,77917.2
 Midwest 523 1,264,22822.1
 South 1,190 2,454,39542.9
 West 566 1,016,59717.8
Perceived physical health
 Excellent/very good 607 1,488,61426.0
 Good 871 2,001,18735.0
 Fair/poor 1,184 2,230,19739.0
Perceived mental health
 Excellent/very good6071,488,61426.0
 Good8712,001,18735.0
 Fair/poor11842,230,19739.0
Multimorbidity
 RA only 716 1,605,88628.1
 Multimorbidity 1,946 4,114,11271.9
Anxiety
 Yes 494 1,134,34119.8
 No 2,168 4,585,65780.2
Obesity
 Obese 1,218 2,521,34044.1
 Not obese 1,392 3,084,70253.9
Smoking status
 Current smoker 698 1,567,45727.4
 Others 1,755 3,729,92565.2
 Missing 209 422,6167.4
Exercise
 Yes 1,077 2,364,80241.3
 No 1,568 3,321,56758.1

Note. Based on 2,662 adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis, aged between 18 and 64 years, who were alive during the calendar year. Missing data for the variables, education, obesity, smoking, and exercise, are not presented. Weighted and percentages were derived by dividing the person weights by the number of years pooled.