Table 1 Patient demographic and clinical characteristics in the QUEST-RA Study by country
Country | Sites | Patients | Female, percentage | Age, years | Disease duration, years | DMARD delay, months | RF+, percentage | Smoking now, percentage | DAS28 | SJC28 | ESR | Pain | Patient global | HAQ | Taking now, percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Pred | MTX | Any biologic |
Netherlands | 3 | 317 | 66.3 | 59.2 | 9.2 | 6.0 | 68.8 | 22.9 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 15.0 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 16.1 | 74.1 | 19.6 |
Finland | 3 | 304 | 72.4 | 58.5 | 13.5 | 7.0 | 74.8 | 15.5 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 13.0 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 51.3 | 61.5 | 12.5 |
USA | 3 | 301 | 72.9 | 57.5 | 9.3 | 9.0 | 70.9 | 20.5 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 14.0 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 60.1 | 71.8 | 27.6 |
Greece | 3 | 300 | 75.7 | 58.1 | 11.8 | 7.0 | 52.1 | 15.8 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 23.0 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 70.7 | 71.3 | 47.0 |
Denmark | 3 | 301 | 76.7 | 57.8 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 73.3 | 31.6 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 14.0 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 14.6 | 71.1 | 21.3 |
Spain | 3 | 302 | 73.5 | 59.8 | 10.6 | 14.0 | 72.5 | 17.8 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 17.0 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 46.7 | 56.3 | 23.2 |
France | 4 | 389 | 77.9 | 55.3 | 12.8 | 8.0 | 75.3 | 19.1 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 16.0 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 60.9 | 57.1 | 44.2 |
Sweden | 3 | 260 | 71.8 | 59.4 | 12.5 | 12.0 | 81.6 | 19.2 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 19.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 41.2 | 65.8 | 26.9 |
UK | 3 | 145 | 77.9 | 59.6 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 81.4 | 19.4 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 19.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 28.3 | 70.3 | 14.5 |
Ireland | 3 | 240 | 64.3 | 56.4 | 11.3 | 11.0 | 79.6 | 24.6 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 18.0 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 31.7 | 71.7 | 32.1 |
Canada | 1 | 100 | 78.8 | 57.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 82.8 | 30.0 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 21.0 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 25.0 | 49.0 | 23.0 |
Turkey | 3 | 309 | 85.6 | 52.2 | 11.6 | 12.0 | 67.6 | 14.1 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 30.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 57.3 | 69.3 | 5.8 |
Brazil | 3 | 115 | 88.6 | 52.3 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 79.6 | 13.3 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 28.0 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 0.6 | 53.9 | 80.0 | 25.2 |
UAE | 2 | 199 | 85.8 | 45.3 | 6.4 | 11.7 | 75.4 | 6.3 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 23.5 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 35.2 | 53.3 | 7.5 |
Germany | 3 | 225 | 83.6 | 58.8 | 13.4 | 15.0 | 60.9 | 13.5 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 20.0 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 0.8 | 26.7 | 45.8 | 22.7 |
Italy | 4 | 336 | 78.2 | 61.0 | 10.5 | 9.0 | 71.4 | 15.9 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 28.0 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 51.8 | 53.3 | 12.5 |
Estonia | 3 | 168 | 85.5 | 55.8 | 11.8 | 12.0 | 68.1 | 14.0 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 24.0 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 1.1 | 43.5 | 53.6 | 0.6 |
Russia | 3 | 73 | 84.5 | 54.2 | 6.2 | 10.0 | 74.6 | 15.4 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 24.0 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 1.1 | 38.4 | 46.6 | 16.4 |
Hungary | 3 | 153 | 87.4 | 57.9 | 12.6 | 12.0 | 92.8 | 25.3 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 26.0 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 1.4 | 36.6 | 62.7 | 12.4 |
Latvia | 1 | 79 | 79.7 | 53.2 | 13.2 | 32.1 | 84.6 | 19.2 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 26.0 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 1.4 | 63.3 | 70.9 | 21.5 |
Poland | 7 | 642 | 86.7 | 53.2 | 11.5 | 4.0 | 70.3 | 11.9 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 31.0 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 58.9 | 65.0 | 6.1 |
Argentina | 2 | 246 | 90.2 | 51.4 | 9.9 | 13.0 | 90.5 | 21.4 | 5.3 | 9.0 | 30.0 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 63.4 | 48.8 | 2.8 |
Lithuania | 2 | 300 | 82.9 | 54.1 | 10.7 | 15.0 | 78.4 | 7.1 | 5.5 | 3.0 | 29.0 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 1.4 | 82.7 | 55.7 | 9.3 |
Serbia | 1 | 100 | 88.0 | 59.2 | 10.1 | 11.1 | 71.4 | 18.4 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 28.0 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 1.6 | 54.0 | 54.0 | 0.0 |
Kosovo | 1 | 100 | 84.0 | 55.0 | 7.8 | 3.0 | 80.6 | 10.4 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 45.0 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 1.6 | 90.0 | 71.0 | 1.0 |
Total | 70 | 6,004 | 79.2 | 56.2 | 11.2 | 10.0 | 73.6 | 17.4 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 22.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 49.1 | 62.5 | 18.3 |