Long-Term Outcomes in Puerto Ricans with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Receiving Early Treatment with Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs using the American College of Rheumatology Definition of Early RA

Table 1: Demographic features and health-related behaviors in RA patients receiving early and late treatment with DMARDs (n=387).

Features	Early treatment (n=121)	Late treatment (n=266)	p value
Age at study visit, mean (SD) years	53.6 (14.0)	57.1 (13.8)	0.022
Gender, % female	86.8	87.2	0.905
Current alcohol consumption, %	6.6	4.2	0.300
Current cigarette smoking, %	7.4	6.0	0.598
Current exercise, %	20.2	15.7	0.277

RA: Rheumatoid Arthritis; DMARDs: Disease-Modifying Anti-rheumatic Drugs; SD: Standard Deviation.