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Table 3 Characteristics of the 98 patients with and without a resolution of symptoms at the 2-year follow-up

From: Improvement of symptoms in clinically suspect arthralgia and resolution of subclinical joint inflammation: a longitudinal study in patients that did not progress to clinical arthritis

Patient characteristics

Symptom resolution (n = 32)

No symptom resolution (n = 66)

p value

68-TJC, median (IQR)

0 (0–0)

1 (0–4)

0.02

Presence of morning stiffness ≥ 60 min, N (%)

5 (16)

14 (21)

0.56

HAQ score, mean (SD)

0.18 (0.40)

0.60 (0.50)

0.09

VAS pain score, mean (SD)

0.87 (1.5)

4.2 (2.4)

< 0.001

VAS fatigue score, mean (SD)

3.7 (3.3)

5.6 (2.6)

0.003

  1. IQR interquartile range, SD standard deviation, TJC tender joint count, VAS visual analogue scale (range 0–10)