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Table 1 Clinical, demographic characteristics and systemic disease activity indexes of psoriatic arthritis patients

From: Synovial effusion and synovial fluid biomarkers in psoriatic arthritis to assess intraarticular tumor necrosis factor-α blockade in the knee joint

Knee

Disease duration (years)

Gonarthritis duration (years)

Treatment at study entry

ESR

CRP

DAS

mRAI

    

PRE

POST

PRE

POST

PRE

POST

PRE

POST

1

10.3

10.3

MTX; PN

46.4

88.4

1.78

0.33

3.21

3.42

8

8

2

8.4

6.4

PN;MTX;CSA;E

40.3

29.0

2.77

0.72

3.44

3.33

12

12

3

12.5

10.5

PN

23.2

22.2

0.53

0.02

2.33

1.25

3

0

4

8.6

8.6

LEF;E

72.5

33.8

0.56

0.56

2.78

2.59

4

4

5

22

5.7

PN

12.0

13.0

0.85

0.53

2.88

2.47

6

5

6

11

11

MTX

15.6

22.7

0.10

0.00

2.69

3.00

7

9

7

9

9

SSZ

15.0

11.0

0.66

0.39

3.18

2.42

12

5

8

6.5

4.3

MTX; PN; E

6.0

9.9

0.32

0.80

2.65

1.87

10

2

9

4

3.5

MTX; SSZ

18.1

3.6

2.93

0.24

2.52

0.71

5

0

10

9

15

CSA;PN; E

30.0

20.0

0.00

0.00

3.01

2.40

2

1

11

4.8

4.5

MTX;CSA

29.4

25.2

0.08

0.08

2.48

1.89

4

1

12

2.5

2.5

MTX; PN

14.3

6.8

0.70

0.20

3.97

3.40

20

18

13

8.5

2

SSZ; MTX

41.2

27.2

0.48

0.14

2.77

1.98

3

1

14

5.5

3.5

SSZ

13.6

2.2

0.26

0.26

3.22

0.75

9

0

  1. CRP, C-reactive protein (≤ 0.5 mg/dl); CSA, cyclosporin; DAS, disease activity score; E, etanercept; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (≤ 28 mm/h); HCQ, hydroxychloroquine; LEF, lefluonomide; mRAI, modified Ritchie articolar index; MTX, methotrexate; PN, prednisone; PsA, psoriatic arthritis; Pt, patient; SSZ, sulphasalazine.