EQ-5D scores for the male general population (n = 7593) and RA patients (n = 729) stratified according to 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 | 3370 | 0.93 (0.12) | 27 | 0.86 (0.10) | 17 | 0.87 (0.11) | 8 | 0.77 (0.06) | 25 | 0.80 (0.08) | 23 | 0.69 (0.17) | 14 | 0.64 (0.20) | 4 | 0.51 (0.17) | 6 | 0.60 (0.20) |
| 45–64 | 2914 | 0.89 (0.15) | 156 | 0.82 (0.12) | 104 | 0.86 (0.11) | 48 | 0.72 (0.12) | 128 | 0.73 (0.11) | 100 | 0.66 (0.17) | 65 | 0.63 (0.18) | 26 | 0.62 (0.14) | 33 | 0.62 (0.14) |
| 65–89 | 1309 | 0.85 (0.18) | 145 | 0.81 (0.13) | 97 | 0.85 (0.11) | 61 | 0.75 (0.15) | 150 | 0.73 (0.14) | 106 | 0.68 (0.16) | 62 | 0.66 (0.17) | 25 | 0.59 (0.20) | 28 | 0.62 (0.22) |
| Total | 7593 | 0.90 (0.15) | 328 | 0.82 (0.12) | 218 | 0.86 (0.11) | 117 | 0.74 (0.13) | 303 | 0.74 (0.13) | 229 | 0.68 (0.16) | 141 | 0.64 (0.18) | 55 | 0.60 (0.17) | 67 | 0.62 (0.18) |