Burden of Depression among Working-Age Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Table 2

Description of study sample by depression among working-age (18–64 years) adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (2009, 2011, 2013, and 2015).

	RA with depression			RA without depression			Sig
		Wt.	Wt. Row%		Wt.	Wt. Row%
All	647	369,136		2,015	1,060,864
Gender
Female	502	270,895	29.6	1,324	644,595	70.4
Male	145	98,241	19.1	691	416,269	80.9
Race/ethnicity
White	328	264,578	29.4	733	634,485	70.6
African American	157	45,643	18.4	621	201,813	81.6
Latino	127	40,938	21	512	154,166	79
Others	35	17,977	20.3	149	70,400	79.7
Age in years
18–39 years	98	58,925	24.6	346	180,238	75.4
40–49 years	149	82,063	25.8	460	235,855	74.2
50–59 years	281	156,442	26.9	799	425,131	73.1
60–64 years	119	71,706	24.6	410	219,640	75.4
Marital status
Married	248	160,488	20.7	1,039	614,118	79.3
Widow/separated/divorced	259	139,902	34.3	586	267,643	65.7
Never married	140	68,746	27.7	390	179,104	72.3
Education
Less than high school	170	65,953	26.2	495	186,004	73.8
High school	232	138,615	27.1	707	372,376	72.9
Missing	4	2,236	20	18	8,966	80
Poverty status
Poor	236	103,612	34.1	504	200,580	65.9
Not poor	185	88,172	29.3	490	212,870	70.7
Middle income	141	101,112	24.2	567	316,391	75.8
High income	85	76,241	18.7	454	331,023	81.3
Insurance status
Private	235	183,245	21.5	1,067	669,638	78.5
Public	345	153,607	38.9	587	241,474	61.1
Uninsured	67	32,284	17.7	361	149,752	82.3
Employment
Employed	195	132,391	17.2	1,114	635,384	82.8
Not employed	452	236,745	35.8	900	425,076	64.2
Region
Northeast	89	50,671	20.6	294	195,524	79.4
Midwest	157	93,289	29.5	366	222,768	70.5
South	271	161,001	26.2	919	452,598	73.8
West	130	64,175	25.3	436	189,975	74.7
Perceived physical health status
Excellent/very good	72	46,019	12.4	535	326,135	87.6
Good	165	110,972	22.2	706	389,325	77.8
Fair/poor	410	212,145	38	774	345,405	62
Perceived mental health status
Excellent/very good	113	74,855	11.7	995	565,345	88.3
Good	207	122,356	25.1	730	365,098	74.9
Fair/poor	327	171,925	56.9	290	130,422	43.1
Multimorbidity
RA only	110	69,703	17.4	606	331,768	82.6
Multimorbidity	537	299,433	29.1	1,409	729,096	70.9
Anxiety
Yes	259	150,809	53.2	235	132,776	46.8
No	388	218,327	19	1,780	928,088	81
Obesity
Obese	353	190,757	30.3	865	439,579	69.7
Not obese	287	172,382	22.4	1,105	598,794	77.6
Smoking status
Current smoker	250	142,876	36.5	448	248,988	63.5
Others	355	204,588	21.9	1,400	727,893	78.1
Exercise
Yes	190	106,306	18	887	484,895	82
No exercise	454	259,932	31.3	1,114	570,460	68.7

Note. Based on 2,662 adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis aged between 18 to 64 years, who were alive during the calendar year. Missing data for the variables, education, obesity, smoking, and exercise, are not presented. Asterisks represent significant group differences by the presence of depression based on chi-square tests. Weighted and percentages were derived by dividing the person weights by the number of years pooled; Wt.: weighted; ; .001 ≤ < .01.