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Table 1 Demographic and clinical data of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

From: Induction of tumour necrosis factor receptor-expressing macrophages by interleukin-10 and macrophage colony-stimulating factor in rheumatoid arthritis

 

Low activitya (n = 4)

Moderate activity (n = 13)

High activity (n = 13)

Age (years)

55.2 ± 8.0b

55.0 ± 4.5

59.1 ± 2.9

Gender (men/women)

1/3

3/10

2/11

Disease duration (years)

1.3 ± 0.2

6.6 ± 1.4

4.5 ± 3.0

Tender joint count

0.3 ± 0.3

2.5 ± 0.5

10.0 ± 2.2

Swollen joint count

0.0 ± 0.0

3.2 ± 0.9

10.5 ± 2.0

ESR (mm/hour)

21.5 ± 7.3

43.5 ± 6.0

67.7 ± 8.7

CRP (mg/liter)

10.1 ± 6.9

9.2 ± 1.8

47.7 ± 9.3

Rheumatoid factor (units/ml)

145 ± 106

138 ± 53

203 ± 62

Visual analogue scale (mm)

8 ± 5

30 ± 6

57 ± 7

DAS28

2.3 ± 0.4

4.2 ± 0.2

6.1 ± 0.2

  1. aDivided into patient groups with low (<3.2), moderate (3.2–5.1), and high disease activity (>5.1) according to the 28-joint disease activity score (DAS28). bMean ± standard error. CRP, C-reactive protein; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate.