Table 1

Age, sex, and disease duration since diagnosis


Rheumatoid arthritisa
Psoriatic arthritis
Ankylosing spondylitis

Placebo n = 450
IFX n = 1061
Placebo n = 100
IFX n = 100
Placebo n = 78
IFX n = 201

Sex, % women
82%
78%
49%
29%
13%
22%
Age (years)b
52.2 (12.3)
51.8 (12.4)
46.5 (11.3)
47.1 (12.8)
40.3 (9.4)
39.6 (10.6)
Range
(19, 85)
(18, 89)
(24, 71)
(18, 80)
(20, 74)
(18, 71)
Disease duration (years)b
9.9 (8.8)
10.3 (9.1)
7.5 (7.8)
8.4 (7.2)
11.9 (8.0)
10.1 (8.7)
Range
(0.3, 41.5)
(0.3, 55.5)
(0.3, 38.5)
(0.4, 29.2)
(0.3, 31.6)
(0.3, 41.1)

aAll patients were receiving concomitant methotrexate; bValues are mean (standard deviation) unless otherwise indicated. IFX, infliximab.

Han et al. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2007 9:R103   doi:10.1186/ar2306