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Table 1 Characteristics of 53 children with JIA aged 8–18 years

From: Health-related quality of life in girls and boys with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: self- and parental reports in a cross-sectional study

 

Girls n = 37

Boys n = 16

p-value1

Age at study visit, years Md (range)

14 (8–18)

14 (10–18)

0.612

CHAQ Disability Index2, n (%)

   

No-mild

12 (32)

5 (31)

0.841

Mild- moderate

9 (24)

5 (31)

 

Moderate

12 (32)

6 (37)

 

Severe

3 (8)

  

Missing

1 (3)

  

Pain VAS3, 0–100 Md (range)

31 (0–93)

51 (0–99)

0.377

Well-being VAS4, 0–100 Md (range)

21 (0–99)

28 (0–100)

0.488

School absence days5, Md (range)

0 (0–14)

0 (0–6)

0.258

Physical education attendance, n (%)

   

Always

12 (32)

9 (56)

0.105

Sometimes

15 (41)

5 (31)

 

Not at all

6 (16)

2 (12)

 

Not relevant

3 (8)

  

Missing

1 (3)

  

Disease duration, years Md (range)

5 (0–16)

2 (0–13)

0.054

ESR6, mm/hour Md (range)

5 (2–31)

4 (2–35)

0.175

Disease activity categories, n (%)

   

No

12 (32)

9 (56)

0.221

Low

20 (54)

5 (31)

 

Moderate

4 (11)

2 (12)

 

High

0

0

 

Missing

1 (3)

  

Use of medications7, n (%)

   

DMARD

24 (65%)

7 (44%)

0.704

NSAID

25 (68%)

8 (50%)

0.416

Biologic medication

4 (11%)

0

 

Corticosteroid therapy

7 (19%)

0

 
  1. 1Mann Whitney U test.
  2. 2Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index.
  3. 3Visual Analogue Scale for pain during the past week; 0 = no pain and 100 = very severe pain.
  4. 4Visual Analogue Scale for assessment of overall well-being; 0 = very good and 100 = very bad.
  5. 5Number of days absent from school the last two months, due to rheumatic disease.
  6. 6Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate.
  7. 7Disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug ( DMARD), Non-steroid anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). Participants might have more than one medication.