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According to the 2001-02 American Productivity Audit, lost productive time due to arthritis was highest in older age groups; for example less than 1% of women aged 25-29 lost 2 hours or more of productive time due to arthritis, compared to between 2-3% for women aged 45 and over. (p. 2449-50)

Stewart, W. F., Ricci, J. A., Chee, E., Morganstein, D., & Lipton, R. (2003). Lost productive time and cost due to common pain conditions in the US workforce. JAMA : The Journal of the American Medical Association, 290(18), 2443-2456

This study is based on data reporting "lost productive time during a 2 week period from a cross-sectional study using survey data from the American Productivity Audit of a random sample of 28902 working adults in the US between August 1, 2001 and July 30, 2002."

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