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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of rheumatoid arthritis patients

From: Intra-articular CD1c-expressing myeloid dendritic cells from rheumatoid arthritis patients express a unique set of T cell-attracting chemokines and spontaneously induce Th1, Th17 and Th2 cell activity

 

PB

SF

Paired PB + SF

Age (years)

51 ± 11

44 ± 6

48 ± 19

Gender (male/female)

4/7

0/5

8/10

Disease duration (years)

15 ± 10

16 ± 2

13 ± 8

Rheumatoid factor (positive/negative)

6/5

2/3

6/9a

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (mm/hour)

16 ± 19

26 ± 22

34 ± 22

C-reactive protein (mg/l)

3 ± 2b

14 ± 7

39 ± 61b

Treatment (NSAID/corticosteroids/DMARD/biological)

0/0/9/2

0/0/2/3

1/4/5/5a

  1. Data presented as mean ± standard deviation or number. DMARD, disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs; NSAID, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; PB, peripheral blood; SF, synovial fluid. aThree and beight missing values, respectively.