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Table 1 Baseline demographics and clinical characteristics

From: Interleukin-10-producing LAG3+ regulatory T cells are associated with disease activity and abatacept treatment in rheumatoid arthritis

 

RA (n = 85)

Naive RA (n = 16)

RA before abatacept (n = 18)

Female sex, n (%)

67 (79)

10 (63)

15 (83)

Age, years

58.9 (13.1)

55.9 (12.2)

62.7 (13.2)

Disease duration, months

139.4 (153.9)

6.7 (8.3)

187.5 (144.2)

DAS28-CRP

3.7 (1.5)

4.1 (1.6)

4.2 (1.3)

DAS28-ESR

4.4 (1.6)

4.9 (1.6)

4.9 (1.2)

CDAI

16.6 (12.1)

21.6 (14.5)

21.4 (11.7)

Rheumatoid factor, % positive

74 (87)

15 (94)

15 (83)

Anti-CCP antibody, % positive

72 (85)

13 (81)

18 (100)

Levels of CRP, mg/dl

1.81 (3.24)

3.40 (5.30)

1.54 (2.85)

Treatment naive, n (%)

16 (19)

16 (100)

0 (0)

Treatment with MTX, n (%)

41 (48)

0 (0)

10 (56)

Treatment with biologics, n (%)

19 (22)

0 (0)

5 (28)

 TNF-α inhibitor

8 (9)

0 (0)

3 (17)

 Tocilizumab

5 (6)

0 (0)

2 (11)

 Abatacept

6 (7)

0 (0)

0 (0)

  1. Abbreviations: RA Rheumatoid arthritis, DAS28 Disease Activity Score in 28 joints, CRP C-reactive protein, ESR Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, CDAI Clinical Disease Activity Index, CCP Cyclic citrullinated peptide, MTX Methotrexate, TNF Tumor necrosis factor
  2. Data are presented as mean (SD), unless otherwise specified