Descriptor | JIA Group (n = 19) | Control Group (n = 20) | χ2 | p | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | |||
Sex | ||||||
 Male | 6 | 32 | 6 | 30 | 0.011 | 0.915 |
 Female | 13 | 68 | 14 | 70 |  |  |
Race | ||||||
 Black | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0.308 | 0.579 |
 White | 18 | 95 | 18 | 90 |  |  |
Ethnicity | ||||||
 Hispanic/Latino | 6 | 32 | 7 | 35 | 0.051 | 0.821 |
 Not Hispanic/Latino | 13 | 68 | 13 | 65 |  |  |
 | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t | p |
Age (years) | 15.0 | 1.4 | 14.3 | 1.4 | 1.636 | 0.110 |
BMI percentile | 57.5 | 28.2 | 57.5 | 27.1 | 0.003 | 0.998 |
Pain Visual Analog Scale | 2.1 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 1.0 | −3.229 | 0.003* |