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Table 1 Characteristics of 53 children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis aged 8–18 years

From: Health-related quality of life among Swedish children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: parent–child discrepancies, gender differences and comparison with a European cohort

 

Girls (n = 38)

Boys (n = 15)

P-valuea

Age in years, Md (range)

13 (8–18)

15 (10–18)

0.51

8–12 years, n (%)

16 (42)

5 (33)

 

13–18 years, n (%)

22 (58)

10 (67)

 

CHAQ Disability Index b, Md (range)

0.50 (0–2.75)

0.38 (0–1.38)

0.65

Categories, n (%)

  

0.56

None-mild

12 (32)

5 (33)

 

Mild-moderate

9 (24)

5 (33)

 

Moderate

13 (34)

5 (33)

 

Severe

3 (8)

  

Missing

1 (3)

  

Pain VAS c, 0–100 Md (range)

32 (0–93)

50 (0–99)

0.50

Well-being VAS d, 0–100 Md (range)

22 (0–99)

27 (0–100)

0.75

ILAR diagnosis e, n (%)

  

0.01

Systemic arthritis

1 (3)

1 (7)

 

Oligoarthritis

16 (42)

3 (20)

 

Polyarticular arthritis, RFf-negative

2 (5)

  

Polyarticular arthritis, RFf-positive

8 (21)

1 (7)

 

Psoriatic arthritis

6 (16)

  

Enthesitis-related arthritis

3 (8)

5 (33)

 

Unspecified arthritis

2 (5)

5 (33)

 

Physical education participation,

   

n (%)

  

0.08

Always

12 (32)

9 (60)

 

Sometimes

16 (42)

4 (27)

 

Not at all

6 (16)

2 (13)

 

Not relevant

3 (8)

  

Missing

1 (3)

  

Disease duration in years Md (range)

4.5 (0–16)

3.0 (0–13)

0.09

ESR g, mm/hour, Md (range)

5 (2–31)

4 (2–35)

0.14

Disease activity categories, n (%)

  

0.37

No

13 (34)

8 (53)

 

Low

20 (53)

5 (33)

 

Moderate

4 (10)

2 (13)

 

High

0

0

 

Missing

1 (3)

0

 

Medication at study visit h, n (%)

   

DMARD

24 (63)

7 (47)

0.70

NSAID

25 (66)

8 (53)

0.42

Biologic medication

4 (10)

0

 

Corticosteroid therapy

7 (18)

0

 

Eye drops/corticosteroid

2 (5)

0

 
  1. aMann Whitney U test
  2. bChildhood Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index
  3. cVisual Analogue Scale for pain during the past week; 0 = no pain and 100 = very severe pain
  4. dVisual Analogue Scale for assessment of overall well-being; 0 = very good and 100 = very bad
  5. eJIA- diagnosis defined by the International League of Associations for Rheumatology (ILAR) classification criteria
  6. fRheumatoid factor
  7. gErythrocyte sedimentation rate
  8. hDisease modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD), Non-steroid anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID)