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Table 1 Demographics of patients in 2004, 2009 and 2015

From: Comprehensive assessment of alterations in hand deformities over 11 years in patients with rheumatoid arthritis using cluster analysis and analysis of covariance

  

2004

2009

2015

p value

age

(year)

62.2

66.3

70.1

N/A

affected time

(year)

18.1

23.1

28.5

N/A

CRP

(mg/dl)

1.31

0.97

0.79

0.275

ESR

(mm/hr)

52.1

27.9*

34.7**

0.001

MMP-3

(ng/dl)

179.5

149.1

171.5

0.743

DAS28

 

no data

3.17

3

0.32

  1. Numbers show the averages at each endpoint. Analysis of variance with post hoc Bonferroni test was used for multiple comparison
  2. CRP C-reactive protein, ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, MMP matrix metalloprotease, DAS disease activity score
  3. *: p = 0.001, *: p = 0.019
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Arthritis Research & Therapy

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