Table 2 Prevalence of 16 peripheral joint pain presentations and mean age, BMI, the SF-12 PCS and MCS and EQ-5D for all combinations of peripheral joint pain

No Pain

20.9

62.6 (11.3)

25.6

(4.0)

51.9

(8.9)

52.5

(8.9)

0.90

(0.15)

Hip pain

4.9

64.0

(11.4)

26.0

(4.2)

47.3

(10.7)

51.2

(9.5)

0.79

(0.21)

Knee pain

9.9

62.5

(11.2)

26.6

(4.3)

48.8

(10.0)

52.5

(8.9)

0.83

(0.17)

Hand pain

5.3

63.7

(10.6)

25.6

(3.9)

50.1

(9.3)

51.3

(9.0)

0.83

(0.19)

Foot pain

4.6

62.4

(11.2)

26.7

(4.11)

49.0

(10.4)

51.2

(9.6)

0.83

(0.19)

Hip & Knee pain

5.6

64.0

(11.0)

27.4

(4.5)

43.3

(11.9)

50.6

(10.5)

0.72

(0.24)

Hip & Hand pain

2.6

65.7

(10.9)

26.3

(4.5)

44.1

(11.8)

50.8

(10.2)

0.74

(0.22)

Hip & Foot pain

2.0

64.4

(10.8)

27.4

(4.7)

44.3

(11.7)

48.7

(10.4)

0.70

(0.25)

Knee & Hand pain

5.7

63.1

(10.9)

26.5

(4.4)

46.0

(11.0)

50.1

(10.1)

0.76

(0.20)

Knee & Foot pain

4.4

62.6

(11.1)

28.1

(4.8)

45.6

(10.8)

50.3

(9.9)

0.74

(0.22)

Hand & Foot pain

3.3

64.2

(11.2)

26.5

(4.2)

45.6

(11.6)

49.4

(10.2)

0.75

(0.20)

Hip, Knee & Hand pain

4.7

65.1

(10.8)

27.1

(4.7)

40.5

(12.1)

49.1

(10.9)

0.65

(0.27)

Hip, Knee & Foot pain

4.4

64.9

(11.6)

28.6

(5.4)

38.6

(12.6)

47.7

(11.3)

0.60

(0.30)

Hip, Hand & Foot pain

2.3

65.4

(11.0)

27.0

(4.8)

42.2

(12.4)

47.6

(10.8)

0.66

(0.27)

Knee, Hand & Foot pain

6.4

64.3

(11.2)

27.8

(5.1)

41.2

(12.1)

48.4

(10.4)

0.66

(0.26)

Hip, Knee, Hand & Foot pain

12.9

66.3

(10.9)

28.4

(5.6)

35.0

(12.2)

45.5

(11.7)

0.51

(0.32)