Table 2: Patients' mean age and sex, by diagnosis at time of referral
DiagnosisNo. of patientsAge, yr,
mean ± SD
Female,
no. (%)
All patients243053.0 ± 16.31682 (69.2)
Osteoarthritis78756.4 ± 15.6554 (70.4)
Systemic inflammatory rheumatic disease74553.4 ± 17.0427 (57.3)
    Rheumatoid arthritis12055.4 ± 15.884 (70.0)
    Inflammatory arthritis, other16750.9 ± 16.295 (56.9)
    Crystal arthropathy12261.3 ± 15.333 (27.0)
    Spondylitis/spondyloarthropathy7641.5 ± 15.231 (40.8)
    Psoriatic arthritis4452.9 ± 12.626 (59.1)
    Polymyalgia rheumatica6671.2 ± 9.241 (62.1)
    Vasculitis1952.7 ± 23.510 (52.6)
   Other systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease13145.3 ± 13.9107 (81.7)
Regional musculoskeletal syndrome39552.2 ± 15.8286 (72.4)
Chronic pain condition34646.5 ± 14.3298 (86.1)
Osteoporosis4562.3 ± 15.238 (84.4)
Other11246.3 ± 16.379 (70.5)