Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients
Microarray | PCR | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RA (n = 10) | OA (n = 10) | ND (n = 10) | RA (n = 13) | OA (n = 12) | ND (n = 7) | |
Median age (range), years | 60 (39–73) | 67 (58–78) | 57 (40–76) | 69 (29–74) | 67 (53–83) | 51 (34–61) |
Male/female | 2/8 | 1/9 | 7/3 | 5/8 | 2/10 | 4/3 |
Median disease duration (range), years | 7 (2–37) | 10 (1–19) | NA | 10 (4–30) | 5 (1–38) | NA |
Median ESR (range), mm/h | 33 (12–78) | 20 (10–60) | NA | 32 (22–86) | 11 (2–29) | NA |
Median CRP (range), mg/l | 22.1 (6.1–113.3) | 6.4 (2–19) | NA | 19 (5.9–50.8) | 4.8 (0–9.3) | NA |
Rheumatoid factor positive, n (range, units) | 4 (47–400) | 1 (29) | - | 10 (15–2,450) | - | - |
Patients receiving steroids, n | 8 | 0 | NA | 9 | 0 | 0 |
All patients receiving DMARDs, n | 9 | 0 | NA | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Patients receiving MTX | 7 | 0 | NA | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Patients receiving NSAIDs, n | 6 | 5 | NA | 8 | 4 | 0 |
Synovial tissue from knee | 5 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
Hip | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
Hand synovectomy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Elbow synovectomy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |