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Table 1 Clinicalf data of patients

From: Effect of infliximab on mRNA expression profiles in synovial tissue of rheumatoid arthritis patients

Patient

Diagnosis/rheumatoid factor

Sex, age (years)

Time of diagnosis

Duration of arthritis

DMARD

Corticosteroids

EULAR response criteria

TNF staining before treatmenta

1

RA, positive

Female, 55

18 years

NA

Methotrexate 7.5 mg/week

Prednisolone 5 mg/day

None

0

2

RA, positive

Female, 52

6 years

2 weeks

Methotrexate 17.5 mg/week

Prednisolone 5 mg/day

Moderate

0

3

RA, positive

Female, 58

2 years

6 months

Methotrexate 7.5 mg/week

Prednisolone 7.5 mg/day

Moderate

1

4

RA, negative

Female, 57

4 years

2 weeks

Methotrexate 10 mg/week

None

None

0

5

RA, positive

Male, 56

9 years

1 month

Methotrexate 7.5 mg/week

Prednisolone 5 mg/day

Good

1

6

RA, negative

Female, 69

1 year

1 year

Methotrexate 15 mg/week

Prednisolon 5 mg/day

Good

1

7

RA, positive

Female, 66

14 years

1 week

Methotrexate 10 mg/week

None

Moderate

0

8

RA, positive

Female, 66

10 years

3 weeks

Methotrexate 12.5 mg/week

None

Moderate

0

9

RA, positive

Male, 25

7 months

3 days

Methotrexate 17.5 mg/day

Prednisolon 20-7.5 mg/day

Moderate

0

10

RA, positive

Female, 35

26 years

1 year

Methotrexate 17.5 mg/day

Prednisolon 7.5 mg/day

Good

1

  1. DMARD, disease-modifying antirheumatic drug; EULAR, European League Against Rheumatism; NA, not available; RA, rheumatoid arthritis.
  2. aThe scoring system is described in Materials and methods, Additional immunohistochemical data for patient 10.