Table 1 Participant characteristic table
Gender (male, %, (n)) | 43.3% (330) |
Age (Mean years, s.d.) | 69.5 (10.0) |
Marital status (married, %, (n)) | 72% (543) |
Ethnicity (white, &, (n)) | 99.1% (750) |
Paid employment (yes, %, (n)) | 33.7% (247) |
Social class (%, (n)) | |
I | 5.7% (43) |
II | 33.8% (256) |
IIINM | 19.0% (144) |
III M | 23.4% (177) |
IV | 14.7% (111) |
V | 3.4% (26) |
Townsend quintiles (lower = most affluent) | |
20% | -2.7 |
40% | -1.9 |
60% | -0.80 |
80% | 1.4 |
Mood (mod or severe/none; %, (n)) | 30%/70% (218/534) |
BMI (mean(s.d.)) | 29.2 (5.3) |
Affected joints (n) | |
Hip OA | 487 |
Knee OA | 612 |
Both hip and Knee OA | 336 |
Hip OA only | 151 |
Knee OA only | 276 |
No of affected hip/knee joints (1/2v3/4;%, (n)) | 57%/43% (218/435) |
SF-36 subscales^ | |
Physical functioning (mean(s.d.) | 50.0% (29.0) |
Pain (mean(s.d.) | 42.3% (20.0) |
Role physical (mean(s.d.) | 39.2% (41.7) |
Social (mean(s.d.) | 71.8% (28.3) |
Role emotional (mean(s.d.) | 57.7% (42.9) |
Mental health (mean(s.d.) | 73.9% (18.1) |
Vitality (mean(s.d.) | 50.8% (21.3) |
General health (mean(s.d.) | 59.6% (21.2) |