Arthritis Research & Therapy

Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: T helper cells in synovial fluid of patients with rheumatoid arthritis primarily have a Th1 and a CXCR3⁺Th2 phenotype

Donation	Blood and synovial fluid (n = 8)	Synovial tissue (n = 9)
Age, years^a	57 (30–72)	62 (27–70)
Disease duration, years^a	6.5 (< 1–13)	10.5 (1–22)
Female sex, n (%)	6 (75)	8 (89)
ACPA⁺ and/or RF+, n (%)	6 (75)	5 (56)
CRP, mg/L^a	25 (1–54)	N/A
ESR, mm/h^a	51 (11–64)	N/A
SJC28^a	1.5 (1–5)	N/A
TJC28^a	1 (1–4)	N/A

N/A data at the time of donation is not available
^aMedian and range

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