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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Rasch analysis suggests that health assessment questionnaire II is a generic measure of physical functioning for rheumatic diseases: a cross-sectional study

Diagnostic group

N

Percent female

Age, years (mean, SD)

Rheumatoid arthritis

342

72

60.4 (13.5)

Other inflammatory arthritis

304

47

50.1 (14.9)

Non-inflammatory disorder

84

87

56.6 (12.8)

Auto-immune connective tissue disease

125

91

47.8 (16.1)

Other

145

83

59.4 (18.6)