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Baseline characteristics of patients (n = 112) with both radiographs and Health Assessment Questionnaire score available at 10 years |
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| Female |
90 (80.3%) |
| Age (years) |
50.4 ± 12.6 |
| Disease duration (month) |
3.9 ± 2.8 |
| Pain on a VAS (mm) |
54.8 ± 22.9 |
| Morning stiffness (minutes) |
90.1 ± 80.2 |
| Swollen joints |
8.9 ± 5.8 |
| Ritchie index score |
17.3 ± 8.5 |
| DAS |
4.0 ± 0.7 |
| Extra-articular manifestations |
11 (9.8%) |
| ESR (mm) |
37.6 ± 26.7 |
| CRP level (mg/L) |
29.1 ± 39.8 |
| IgA or IgM RF positivity |
81 (78.6%) |
| Anti-CCP ab positivity |
51 (57.9%) |
| HLA-DRB1*04 or 01 alleles |
78 (70.2%) |
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Data are means ± standard deviation, unless otherwise indicated. CCP, cyclic citrullinated peptide; CRP, C-reactive protein; DAS, disease activity score; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; HLA, human leucocyte antigen; RF, rheumatoid factor; VAS, visual analogue scale. | |
Courvoisier et al. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008 10:R106 doi:10.1186/ar2498 |
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