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Table 1 Clinical and demographic characteristics of patients with RA

From: Role of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies in discriminating patients with rheumatoid arthritis from patients with chronic hepatitis C infection-associated polyarticular involvement

Variable

RA (n = 30)

RA–HCV (n = 10)

Age (years), mean (range)

60 (35–75)

55 (44–73)

Disease duration (years), median (interquartile range)

10 (2.5–13.5)

0.5 (0.5–11)

ESR (mm/h), mean ± SD

42 ± 24

50 ± 35

CRP (mg/l), mean ± SD

24 ± 22

34 ± 23

  1. CRP, C-reactive protein; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; interquartile range, 25th–75th; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; RA–HCV, hepatitis C virus-related RA-like polyarthritis.
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Arthritis Research & Therapy

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