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Table 1 Patient characteristicsa

From: Analysis of IL-17+cells in facet joints of patients with spondyloarthritis suggests that the innate immune pathway might be of greater relevance than the Th17-mediated adaptive immune response

Characteristics

Rheumatoid arthritis

Spondyloarthritides

 

Synovial fluid

Peripheral blood

Synovial fluid

Peripheral blood

 

( n = 7)

( n = 14)

( n = 11)

( n = 30)

Age, years

34.8 ± 12.4

53.4 ± 14.5

32.4 ± 11.0

35.8 ± 13.2

Disease duration, years

4.4 ± 7.6

2.6 ± 8.2

6.6 ± 5.2

6.09 ± 5.91

ESR, mm/hour

59.3 ± 13.8

52.2 ± 26.0

36.8 ± 20.2

27.7 ± 21.5

CRP, mg/mL

6.1 ± 4.9

5.4 ± 1.6

3.6 ± 2.7

2.3 ± 3.2

RF

6/7+

12/14+

4/4-

11/11-

Anti-CCP

4/7+

8/14+

3/3-

4/4-

HLA-B27

Not done

Not done

7/9+

21/26+

DAS28 score

5.6 ± 1.4

5.4 ± 1.8

  

BASDAI score

  

2.3 ± 2.1

3.9 ± 2.6

DMARDs, n

All patients

12

3

None

  1. aESR = erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP = C-reactive protein; RF = rheumatoid factor; anti-CCP = anticyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies; HLA-B27 = human leucocyte antigen B27; DAS28 = disease activity score in 28 joints; BASDAI = Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (measured in AS patients only); DMARDs = disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs. Data are expressed as means ± standard deviations unless otherwise indicated.
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Arthritis Research & Therapy

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