Measure | Women a | Men a | Gender difference b |
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N (%) | N (%) | p value |
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Baseline RP | 396/2703 (14.7) | 265/2314 (11.5) | < 0.01 |
Incident RP c | 96/2307 (4.2) | 112/2049 (5.5) | 0.04 |
(per year) d | 16 (0.7) | 19 (0.9) | |
Remitted RP e | 104/396 (26.3) | 88/265 (33.2) | 0.05 |
(per year) d | 17 (4.4) | 15 (5.5) | |
Persistent RP f | 289/396 (73.0) | 175/265 (66.0) | |
- RP Raynaud’s phenomenon
- a The figures are affected by item non-response, and absolute percentages are presented
- b Pearson’s χ2 test for women versus men
- c Number of incident cases divided by subjects at risk (total sample minus number of subjects with RP at baseline)
- d Cumulative estimate divided by six
- e Number of remitted cases (reporting RP at baseline and negating RP at follow-up), divided by the number of subjects with RP at baseline
- f Number of persistent cases (reporting RP at baseline and follow-up) divided by the number of subjects with RP at baseline