Table 2 Baseline demographic, clinical, and laboratory variables of poor adherers versus good adherers
Overall cohort of RA patients (n = 210) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Poor adherers (n = 58) | Good adherers (n = 152) | ||||
Median | IQR | Median | IQR | p value* | |
Age, years | 61.00 | 50.00–75.00 | 55.00 | 48.00–69.00 | < 0.0001 |
Disease duration, years | 7.00 | 5.00–10.00 | 7.00 | 5.00–10.00 | 0.9034 |
Educational level, years | 12.00 | 8.00–13.00 | 13.00 | 8.00–14.00 | 0.8284 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 25.02 | 22.33–27.91 | 4.51 | 24.33–29.79 | 0.6041 |
mRDCI, range 0–11 | 1.50 | 0.50–3.50 | 1.00 | 0.00–3.00 | 0.0039 |
ERS (mm/h), range 0–150 | 39.50 | 27.50–54.00 | 34.50 | 22.00–49.00 | 0.0335 |
HAQ-DI, range 0–3 | 1.31 | 0.92–1.87 | 1.00 | 0.86–1.50 | 0.0336 |
CDAI, range 0–76 | 31.00 | 22.00–39.00 | 25.00 | 20.00–31.00 | < 0.0001 |
CRAF, range 0–10 | 0.44 | 0.19–0.66 | 0.17 | 0.08–0.34 | 0.0036 |