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Table 1 Changes in demographic and clinical characteristics over 5-year

From: Progressive structural bone changes and their relationship with treatment in patients with psoriatic arthritis: a longitudinal HR-pQCT study

 

Baseline (n = 60)

5 years (n = 60)

Change (n = 60)

P value

Demographic characteristics

 Female, N (%)

27 (45.0)

   

 Smokers, N (%)

13 (21.7)

   

 Age, year

51.9 ± 8.9

   

 BMI

25.4 ± 4.3

25.8 ± 4.5

0.46 ± 1.9

0.060

 Height (cm)

163.6 ± 8.5

163.0 ± 8.4

−0.57 ± 1.3

0.002

 Weight (kg)

68.2 ± 14.3

68.8 ± 14.0

0.62 ± 5.1

0.345

Disease-specific characteristics

 Duration of psoriasis (year)

18.7 ± 16.7

 Duration of PsA (year)

14.3 ± 6.9

 Juxta-articular new bone formation

29 (48.3)

 Polyarticular

21 (35.0)

 Oligoarticular

17 (28.3)

 Presence of enthesitis

13 (21.7)

 Presence of dactylitis

8 (13.3)

 Tender joint at MCP2

8 (13.3)

 Tender joint at MCP3

4 (6.6)

 Swollen joint at MCP2

3 (5.0)

 Swollen joint at MCP3

2 (3.3)

 CRP (mg/L)

4.4 ± 4.9

4.0 ± 5.2

−0.4 ± 5.7

0.629

 ESR (mm/h)

19.0 ± 15.9

27.5 ± 17.4

8.7 ± 13.3

0.000

 DAPSA

11.4 ± 9.3

9.7 ± 5.9

−1.7 ± 9.0

0.150

 PASI

6.3 ± 8.6

4.7 ± 6.4

−1.6 ± 7.2

0.088

 HAQ

0.3 ± 0.4

0.4 ± 0.5

0.1 ± 0.4

0.067

 MASES

0.9 ± 2.4

0.5 ± 1.4

−0.5 ± 1.8

0.035

 VAS pain (mm)

31.1 ± 26.1

31.1 ± 24.5

0 ± 26.4

1.000

 VAS PhyGA (mm)

23.8 ± 18.9

18.5 ± 18.2

−5.4 ± 21.8

0.060

 VAS PatGA (mm)

41.0 ± 28.3

37.0 ± 22.9

−4.0 ± 26.0

0.243

 Tender joint count

2.9 ± 5.7

1.8 ± 2.8

−1.2 ± 5.4

0.103

 Swollen joint count

0.8 ± 1.5

0.7 ± 1.6

−0.1 ± 1.7

0.597

 Deformed joint count

3.8 ± 6.4

7.0 ± 7.4

3.2 ± 5.5

0.000

Current/ever treatment

 NSAIDs, N (%)

25 (41.7)

28 (46.7)

 

0.080

 Corticosteroids, N (%)

3 (5.0)

4 (6.7)

1.000

 csDMARDs, N (%)

44 (73.3)

49 (81.7)

0.274

 bDMARDs, N (%)

16 (26.7)

23 (35.3)

0.172

 Any DMARDs, N (%)

46 (76.7)

53 (88.3)

0.093

 csDMARDs + bDMARDs, N (%)

16 (26.7)

19 (31.7)

0.547

Clinical response

 VLDA, N (%)

4 (6.7)

8 (13.3)

 

0.083

 MDA, N (%)

15 (25.0)

22 (36.7)

0.166

 REM (DAPSA ≤4), N (%)

14 (23.3)

13 (21.7)

0.044

 LDA (DAPSA ≤14), N (%)

26 (43.3)

29 (48.3)

 MDA (DAPSA ≤28), N (%)

17 (28.3)

18 (30.0)

 HDA (DAPSA >28), N (%)

3 (5.0)

0 (0)

  1. Results are mean ± SD or number (percentage) unless otherwise indicated. Significant results are highlighted in italics
  2. BMI body mass index, MCP metacarpophalangeal joint, CRP C-reactive protein, ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, DAPSA Disease Activity in PSoriatic Arthritis, PASI Psoriasis Area and Severity Index, HAQ Health Assessment Questionnaire, VAS Visual Analogue Scale, PhyGA Physician Global Assessment, PatGA Patient Global Assessment, NSAIDs non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, csDMARDs conventional synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs, bDMARDs biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs, VLDA very low disease activity, MDA minimal disease activity, REM remission, LDA low disease activity, MDA moderate disease activity, HDA high disease activity