Inception | Final Visit | |||
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Indigenous, n = 90 | Non-indigenous, n = 1400 | Indigenous, n = 79 | Non-indigenous, n = 1288 | |
Employed | 44.3 | 46.4 | 41.3 | 43.2 |
Days unable to work due to RA over past 6 months, mean (SD) | 6.9 (24.7) | 3.7 (16.4) | 1.6 (5.8) | 1.9 (11.3) |
Proportion of cohort reporting a change in work hours over last 6 months due to RA | 15.6 | 7.5 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
Unemployed | 17.7 | 6.3 | 23.8 | 6.8 |
If unemployed, stopped work because of arthritis | 64.4 | 51.0 | 81.8 | 47.9 |
Disabled | 24.1 | 13.3 | 28.6 | 11.4 |
Housework | 3.8 | 9.2 | 1.6 | 6.6 |
Student | 3.8 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Retired | 6.3 | 22.9 | 4.8 | 31.0 |
RA: rheumatoid arthritis.