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Table 2 Demographics and baseline clinical characteristics of the RA patients

From: Machine learning-based prediction model for responses of bDMARDs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis

Baseline characteristics

Overall n = 625

Responder n = 466

Non-responder n = 159

p-value

Sex (male, %)

103 (16.5)

80 (17.2)

23 (14.5)

0.503

Age at baseline (years)

54.04 (12.44)

54.13 (12.40)

53.78 (12.61)

0.757

Disease duration (years)

6.78 (7.19)

6.66 (7.20)

7.14 (7.17)

0.464

Height (cm)

159.41 (7.01)

159.50 (7.08)

159.16 (6.81)

0.606

Weight (kg)

57.30 (9.72)

57.08 (9.45)

57.93 (10.47)

0.341

SJC

6.71 (5.18)

7.00 (5.10)

5.87 (5.36)

0.017

TJC

8.50 (5.98)

8.78 (5.98)

7.68 (5.93)

0.045

PtGA

7.24 (1.78)

7.47 (1.69)

6.55 (1.87)

<0.001

PhGA

6.56 (1.75)

6.69 (1.72)

6.18 (1.78)

0.001

RAPID3

15.54 (5.68)

16.10 (5.70)

13.89 (5.30)

<0.001

ESR (mm/h)

46.63 (25.66)

46.38 (25.98)

47.36 (24.77)

0.678

CRP (mg/dL)

2.34 (3.16)

2.40 (3.00)

2.16 (3.59)

0.405

HTN (%)

167 (26.7)

126 (27.0)

41 (25.8)

0.838

DM (%)

61 (9.8)

36 (7.7)

25 (15.7)

0.005

CKD (%)

5 (0.8)

3 (0.6)

2 (1.3)

0.814

Rheumatoid factor positive (%)

551 (88.2)

410 (88.0)

141 (88.7)

0.926

Anti-CCP positive (%)

494 (79.0)

373 (80.0)

121 (76.1)

0.346

Methotrexate (%)

531 (85.0)

400 (85.8)

131 (82.4)

0.357

Hydroxychloroquine (%)

175 (28.0)

136 (29.2)

39 (24.5)

0.304

Sulfasalazine (%)

85 (13.6)

67 (14.4)

18 (11.3)

0.403

Leflunomide (%)

179 (28.6)

127 (27.3)

52 (32.7)

0.226

Abatacept (%)

68 (10.9)

49 (10.5)

19 (11.9)

0.723

Adalimumab (%)

168 (26.9)

121 (26.0)

47 (29.6)

0.436

Etanercept (%)

94 (15.0)

64 (13.7)

30 (18.9)

0.151

Golimumab (%)

26 (4.2)

18 (3.9)

8 (5.0)

0.684

Infliximab (%)

64 (10.2)

40 (8.6)

24 (15.1)

0.029

Tocilizumab (%)

194 (31.0)

165 (35.4)

29 (18.2)

<0.001

Tofacitinib (%)

11 (1.8)

9 (1.9)

2 (1.3)

0.835

  1. Data are shown in mean (standard deviation) if not otherwise specified
  2. SJC swollen joint count, TJC tender joint count, PtGA patient global assessment of disease activity, PhGA physician global assessment of disease activity, RAPID3 routine assessment of patient index data 3, ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, CRP C-reactive protein, HTN hypertension, DM diabetes mellitus, CKD chronic kidney disease, anti-CCP anti-citrullinated protein