Table 3 |
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Patients in clinical remission satisfying or not satisfying the American College of Rheumatology criteria for remission |
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Parameter |
Remission by ACR criteriaa |
Nonremission by ACR criteriaa |
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N |
17 |
19 |
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Age (mean ± standard deviation [range]; years) |
48 ± 11 (28–67) |
54 ± 11 (39–67) |
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Sex (male/female) |
3/14 |
4/15 |
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Disease duration (mean ± standard deviation [range]; years) |
9.8 ± 6.6 (3–25) |
9.7 ± 6.3 (2–28) |
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Remission duration (mean ± standard deviation [range]; months) |
26 ± 16 (6–60) |
30 ± 36 (6–144) |
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CRP (mean ± standard deviation [range]; mg/l), below/above detectionb |
3.0 ± 3.8 (0–10), 10/7 |
4.0 ± 5.2 (0–12), 13/6 |
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aAmerican College of Rheumatology (ACR) remission criteria : less than 15 min morning stiffness; no fatigue; no joint pain; no joint tenderness or pain on motion; no swelling of soft tissue in joint or tendon sheaths; and <30 mm/h erythrocyte sedimentation rate. bC-reactive protein (CRP) values <5 mg/l are considered below the detection range. CRP values <10 mg/l are considered normal among the local population. |
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Ponchel et al. Arthritis Res Ther 2005 7:R80 doi:10.1186/ar1452 |
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