EQ-5D scores for the female general population (n = 8543) and RA patients (n = 2183) stratified according to age and disease activity using the DAS28 and CDAI criteria. Data are mean (standard deviation).
| Age, yrs | Norm | Remission | Low Disease Activity | Moderate Disease Activity | High Disease Activity | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | n | DAS28 | n | CDAI | n | DAS28 | n | CDAI | n | DAS28 | n | CDAI | n | DAS28 | n | CDAI | ||
| <45 | 4008 | 0.90 (0.14) | 127 | 0.84 (0.11) | 86 | 0.86 (0.10) | 58 | 0.75 (0.10) | 126 | 0.77 (0.10) | 135 | 0.68 (0.13) | 94 | 0.67 (0.14) | 32 | 0.46 (0.27) | 46 | 0.51 (0.25) |
| 45–64 | 3062 | 0.86 (0.17) | 389 | 0.80 (0.11) | 212 | 0.83 (0.11) | 200 | 0.74 (0.12) | 452 | 0.74 (0.12) | 389 | 0.65 (0.15) | 286 | 0.63 (0.15) | 83 | 0.47 (0.20) | 111 | 0.52 (0.20) |
| 65–93 | 1473 | 0.80 (0.21) | 258 | 0.78 (0.16) | 140 | 0.84 (0.13) | 160 | 0.69 (0.15) | 346 | 0.71 (0.15) | 290 | 0.67 (0.16) | 198 | 0.65 (0.17) | 62 | 0.49 (0.24) | 86 | 0.53 (0.23) |
| Total | 8543 | 0.87 (0.17) | 774 | 0.80 (0.13) | 438 | 0.84 (0.11) | 418 | 0.72 (0.13) | 924 | 0.73 (0.13) | 814 | 0.66 (0.15) | 578 | 0.65 (0.16) | 177 | 0.47 (0.23) | 243 | 0.52 (0.22) |