Table 1 Patient demographics of entire cohort, those with 6-week follow-up and those without

N

140

103

37

Female, no. (%)

86 (61.4)

64 (62.1)

22 (59.5)

0.96

Age, mean (SD) (years)

55.78 (15.69)

56.23 (15.98)

54.54 (13.00)

0.86

Meets 2010 ACR/EULAR Criteria, no. (%)

113 (80.7)

85 (82.5)

28 (75.7)

0.90

Mean symptom duration (days) at first visit, mean (SD)

160.24 (107.37)

158.76 (105.48)

164.35 (114.56)

0.96

Rheumatoid Factor positive, no. (%)

156 (58.6)

58 (58.6)

20 (58.8)

0.77

 Current smoker

19 (13.6)

14 (13.6)

5 (13.5)

0.70

 Ex-smoker

64 (45.7)

45 (43.7)

19 (51.4)

 Never

57 (40.7)

44 (42.7)

13 (35.1)

Caucasian, no. (%)

117 (83.6)

87 (84.5)

30 (81.1)

0.85

Marital status, no. (%)

 Single

22 (15.7)

18 (17.5)

4 (10.8)

1.00

 Common Law

6 (4.3)

5 (4.9)

1 (2.7)

 Married

91 (65.0)

63 (61.2)

28 (75.7)

 Elementary school

6 (4.3)

5 (4.9)

1 (2.7)

0.92

 High school

56 (40.0)

40 (38.8)

16 (43.2)

 College/Trade school

41 (29.3)

27 (26.2)

14 (37.8)

 University Bachelor

25 (17.9)

22 (21.4)

3 (8.1)

 Masters

7 (5.0)

6 (5.8)

1 (2.7)

 PhD

5 (3.6)

3 (2.9)

2 (5.4)

 None

6 (4.3)

5 (4.9)

1 (2.7)

0.80

 < $20,000

21 (15.0)

17 (16.5)

4 (10.8)

 $20,000–$50,000

46 (32.9)

28 (27.2)

18 (48.6)

 $50,000–$100,000

36 (25.7)

28 (27.2)

8 (21.6)

 > $100,000

10 (7.1)

8 (7.8)

2 (5.4)

 Do Not Wish to Answer

21 (15.0)

17 (16.5)

4 (10.8)

 Employed

69 (49.3)

51 (49.5)

18 (48.6)

0.66

 Retired

43 (30.7)

31 (30.1)

12 (32.4)

 Homemaker

10 (7.1)

6 (5.8)

4 (10.8)

 Student

6 (4.3)

5 (4.9)

1 (2.7)

 Disabled

4 (2.9)

2 (1.9)

2 (5.4)

 Sick Leave

3 (2.1)

3 (2.9)

0 (0)

 Maternity Leave

1 (0.7)

1 (1.0)

0 (0)

 Unemployed

4 (2.9)

4 (3.9)

0 (0)

Number comorbidities present, mean (SD)

3.03 (2.32)

2.99 (2.38)

3.13 (2.21)

0.95