Research Article
Demographic, Clinical Profile of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients and Their Association with Disease Severity in Ghana
Table 1
Sociodemographic features of study participants.
| Characteristic | Frequency () | Percentage (%) |
| Ages | | | <30 | 3 | 5.4 | 30-40 | 11 | 19.6 | 41-50 | 11 | 19.6 | 51-60 | 17 | 30.4 | >60 | 14 | 25.0 | Gender | | | Males | 10 | 17.9 | Females | 46 | 82.1 | Marital status | | | Single | 20 | 35.7 | Married | 36 | 64.3 | Ethnicity | | | Akan | 33 | 58.9 | Ewe | 9 | 16.1 | Ga | 8 | 14.3 | Krobo | 2 | 3.6 | Northern | 4 | 7.1 | Employment status | | | Unemployed | 8 | 14.3 | Formal | 9 | 16.1 | Informal | 33 | 58.9 | Retired | 6 | 10.7 | Education | | | Noneducation | 14 | 25.0 | Primary | 29 | 51.8 | Secondary | 11 | 19.6 | Tertiary | 2 | 3.6 | Religion | | | Christian | 54 | 96.4 | Muslim | 2 | 3.6 | Exercise | | | Yes | 14 | 25.0 | No | 42 | 75.0 | Smoking | | | Yes | 1 | 1.8 | No | 55 | 98.2 | Sickle cell status | | | Yes | 3 | 5.4 | No | 53 | 94.6 | Cardiovascular disease | | | Yes | 4 | 7.1 | No | 52 | 92.9 | Variable | | | Age | 5 | |
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