Table 1

Patient reported characteristics of included patients at baseline (n = 104)
Characteristic
 Intervention N = 51
 Control N = 53
 T
 Chi2
 p-value

%
 n
 %
 n


Gender






     F
 76.5
 39
 75.5
 40


     M
 23.5
 12
 24.5
 13
0.014
 0.91
Type of osteoarthritis






     Knee
 52.9
 27
 54.7
 29


     Hip
 17.6
 9
 22.6
 12


     Both
 29.4
 15
 22.6
 12
0.795
 0.67
Education






     Primary or lower secondary
 54.0
 27
 50.0
 25


     Upper secondary or further
 46.0
 23
 50.0
 25
0.160
 0.69
Age
SD
SD


     Mean
 75.63
 6.68
 73.47
 6.01
 -1.73
0.09
     Median
 74
73



Wetzels et al. BMC Family Practice 2008 9:7   doi:10.1186/1471-2296-9-7