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Table 2 Treatments and disease characteristics of ESPOIR RA patients 1-year post-inclusion

From: Reduced progression of bone erosion in cytomegalovirus seropositive rheumatoid arthritis patients

 

All RA patients (n = 487)

HCMV seropositive RA patients (n = 273) (56%)

HCMV seronegative RA patients (n = 214) (44%)

p (HCMV+ versus HCMV−)

Patients with DMARD, n (%)

417/458 (91.05)

237/262 (90.5)

180/196 (91.8)

0.6090

Use of csDMARD, n (%)

376/458 (82.10)

210/262 (80.15)

166/196 (84.70)

0.2100

Use of bDMARD, n (%)

41/458 (8.95)

27/262 (10.31)

14/196 (7.14)

0.2410

Delay between inclusion and first DMARD (months), median (IQR)

0.38 (0.03–1.20)

0.39 (0.03–1.22)

0.36 (0.07–1.38)

0.5225

Patients with glucocorticoids at baseline, n (%)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Cumulated dose of glucocorticoids between inclusion and 1 year in milligram, median (IQR)

210 (0–2120)

646 (0–2217)

100 (0–1935)

0.1393

Total Sharp score (mTSS), median (IQR)

4 (1–10)

4 (1–9)

4 (1–10)

0.8913

Delta total Sharp score (0–1 year), mean (SD)*

1.70 (4.49)

1.29 (3.38)

2.22 (5.57)

0.0238

Delta total Sharp score (0–1 year), median (IQR)

0 (0–1) p95 = 11

0 (0–1) p95 = 9

0 (0–2) p95 = 13

0.0349

  

OR [95% CI] = 0.623 [0.464–1.005]

0.0540

Delta Sharp total score (0–1 year) > 1, n (%)*

103 (21.2)

47 (17.2)*

56 (26.3)

0.0151

  

OR [95% CI] = 0.583 [0.367–0.925]

0.0151

Joint space narrowing Sharp score (NSS), median (IQR)

1 (0–5)

1 (0–5)

1 (0–4)

0.9121

Delta joint space narrowing Sharp score (0–1 year), mean (SD)

0.26 (1.16)

0.24 (1.17)

0.29 (1.14)

0.6992

Delta joint space narrowing Sharp score (0–1 year), median (IQR)

0 (0–0) p95 = 2

0 (0–0) p95 = 1

0 (0–0) p95 = 2

0.4129

  

OR [95% CI] = 0.763 [0.378–1.541]

0.4129

Joint space narrowing Sharp score (0–1 year), Δ > 1, n (%)

26/486 (5.3)

13 (4.8)

13 (6.1)

0.5140

  

OR [95% CI] = 0.769 [0.321–1.846]

0.5140

Erosion Sharp score (ESS), median (IQR)

2 (0–5)

2 (0–5)

2 (0–6)

0.9588

Delta erosion Sharp score (0–1 year), mean (SD)*

1.43 (3.82)

1.05 (2.63)

1.93 (4.90)

0.0112

Delta erosion Sharp score (0–1 year), median (IQR)*

0 (0–1) p95 = 9

0 (0–1) p95 = 8*

0 (0–2) p95 = 12

0.0172

  

OR [95% CI] = 0.637 [0.432–0.939]

0.0230

Erosion Sharp score (0–1 year), Δ > 1, n (%)*

98 (20.1)

44 (16.1)*

54 (25.2)

0.0128

  

OR [95% CI] = 0.569 [0.355–0.911]

0.0128

  1. * p < 0.05