Table 2 Impact-of-arthritis outcomes in individuals with arthritis by age group (n = 4565)

 (severe and frequent)

1103

26.0 (23.6–28.4)

23.1 (17.2–28.9)

28.5 (24.1–32.9)**

26.7 (21.8–31.6)

20.8 (16.8–24.9)

 (severe and frequent)

804

19.8 (17.4–22.3)

28.8 (22.3–35.3)***

21.8 (17.3–26.2)

13.6 (10.5–16.7)

16.1 (12.5–19.8)

 (limited a lot)

1037

24.4 (21.9–27.0)

24.2 (18.5–30.0)

28.8 (24.0–33.6)***

20.7 (16.5–24.9)

18.0 (14.0–21.9)

 (≥3 IADLs limited a lot)

504

11.0 (9.3–12.8)

11.0 (6.6–15.4)^b

11.0 (8.0–14.0)

10.0 (7.3–12.7)

12.2 (9.1–15.4)

 (fair or poor)

1334

30.4 (27.6–33.2)

22.5 (17.1–27.8)**

30.5 (25.6–35.4)

32.4 (27.9–36.9)

33.0 (27.9–38.0)

 (quite a bit or extremely stressful)

862

20.5 (18.5–22.5)

31.6 (25.0–38.1)***

25.4 (21.7–29.0)***

12.1 (9.3–14.9)

10.6 (7.7–13.5)

 (fair or poor)

428

11.8 (9.3–14.3)

12.5 (8.3–16.6)^b***

17.2 (12.3–22.9)***

6.2 (3.9–8.4)^b

4.4 (2.9–5.9)^b