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Table 2 Clinical characteristics of the patients at the time of synovectomy

From: Isolation and characterization of rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts from primary culture — primary culture cells markedly differ from fourth-passage cells

   

Disease

     

Patients

Gender

Age

duration

RF

ESR

CRP

Number of ARA

Concomitant

(total)

(m/f)

(years)

(years)

(+/-)

(mm/h)

(mg/l)

criteria (RA)

medication

Rheumatoid arthritis

16

7/9

61.4 ± 2.2

12.0 ± 2.4

11/4 (n.d. = 1)

33.0 ± 4.6

41.8 ± 7.7

5.2 ± 0.2

MTX (n = 10)

        

Prednisolone (n = 13)

        

Sulfasalazine (n = 4)

        

Gold salts (n = 1)

        

NSAIDs (n = 12)

Osteoarthritis

21

5/16

70.4 ± 2.6

9.8 ± 3.0

0/8 (n.d. = 13)

15.6 ± 1.9

4.6 ± 1.4

0.3 ± 0.1

MTX (n = 1)

        

Prednisolone (n = 1)

        

NSAIDs (n = 11)

        

None (n = 10)

  1. For the parameters age, disease duration, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C-reactive protein (CRP) (normal range, < 5 mg/l), and number of American Rheumatism Association (ARA) criteria (rheumatoid arthritis [RA]), means ± SEM are given; for the remaining parameters, numbers are provided. m, Male; f, female; RF, rheumatoid factor; +/-, positive/negative; n.d. = not determined; MTX, Methotrexate; NSAIDs, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.