Analysis of the Indirect Costs of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Romania
Table 2
Baseline socio-demographic characteristics of RA cohort.
cohort
csDMARDs
bDMARDs
(n=206)
(n=129)
(n=70)
p
age (y)
54.9 ± 12.7
56.8 ± 12.3
51.8 ± 11.8
<0.001
women
178 (86.4%)
114 (88.4%)
59 (84.3%)
0.211
men
28 (13.6%)
15 (11.6%)
11 (15.7%)
0.322
urban dwellers
136 (66.0%)
83 (64.3%)
47 (67.1%)
0.125
actively working
60 (29.1%)
38 (29.5%)
21 (30.0%)
0.236
pensioners
143(69.4%)
89 (69.0%)
49 (70.0%)
0.332
unemployed
3 (1.5%)
2 (1.6%)
0 (0.0%)
0.118
disease duration (y)
9.4 ± 8.9
8.2 ± 8.9
11.3 ± 8.3
<0.001
latest treatment duration (y)
2.7 ± 2.6
2.7 ± 2.9
2.7 ± 2.2
0.226
Notes: continuous variables are reported as “mean ± SD”; nominal variables are reported as “absolute frequency (percentage of group)”; the unemployed were excluded from the productivity evaluation.
