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Table 1 RA patient demographic data, blood inflammatory parameters and treatment profile

From: Rheumatoid peripheral blood phagocytes are primed for activation but have impaired Fc-mediated generation of reactive oxygen species

Sex

Age

ESR

(mm/h)

CRP

(mg/l)

Hb

(g/dl)

Platelets

(× 109/l)

WBC

(× 109/l)

Lymphocytes

Neutrophils (× 109/l)

(× 109/)

Medication

M

71

58

60

12.7

351

10.3

7.8

1.7

Diclofenac

M

53

93

36

10.3

417

10.5

8.4

1.5

Methotrexate

M

78

57

74

12.4

422

7.8

5.5

1.5

-

M

62

16

17

14.1

207

6.1

3.5

2

-

F

61

37

-

12.3

261

6.1

3.9

1.6

Leflunomide

F

75

61

77

11.6

246

6.5

5.3

0.8

-

F

42

27

17

13.7

356

12.7

10.4

1.8

-

F

63

49

45

11.1

359

5.8

4.7

0.6

Clarithromycin

F

56

20

-

13.9

263

8

5

2.5

Methotrexate, prednisolone, Losec, perindopril, Sinemet, aspirin

F

82

37

-

12

195

8.2

5.6

1.8

-

F

63

41

41

11.4

309

9.8

9.6

3.3

-

F

57

-

13.9

-

-

-

-

-

Methotrexate, prednisolone, (depo-medrone)

F

76

57

72

11

244

7.7

6.3

0.9

-

F

49

-

-

11.4

204

7.2

4.4

2.5

Azothioprine, meloxicam

F

45

48

-

12.9

259

7.4

5.6

1.3

Methotrexate, indomethacin

F

92

1

-

13.9

232

9.6

7.5

0.9

Penicillamine

F

56

18

-

13.7

481

8.2

5.1

1.9

Methotrexate, folic acid, prednisolone, Vioxx, antihypertensive treatment

F

44

7

-

13.2

241

7.1

4.8

1.3

Leflunomide

F

68

12

5

12.7

284

6.9

4.6

1.7

Azothioprine, prednisolone, alendronate, thyroxine, Losec

F

56

18

23

13.7

481

8.2

5.1

1.9

-

F

78

12

5

-

-

-

-

-

-

F

52

16

11

-

-

-

-

-

Leflunomide

  1. Eighteen patients (4 male, 14 female; age 62.6 ± 13.4 years (mean ± SD) with active synovitis and receiving a range of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic agents were recruited into the study. CRP, C-reactive protein; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; Hb, haemoglobin; WBC, white blood cells.