Table 4 Days, cumulative dose and dose of DMARDs the 1st year after diagnosis stratified for men and women
From: Sex-specific differences and how to handle them in early psoriatic arthritis
Men (n = 304) | Women (n = 311) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | p25 | p50 | p75 | n | p25 | p50 | p75 | p value* | ||
Biological | Days | 42 | 106 | 212 | 319 | 39 | 83 | 160 | 260 | 0.10 |
Methotrexate | Days | 216 | 208 | 354 | 365 | 215 | 174 | 336 | 365 | 0.05t |
Cumulative dose (mg) | 541 | 809 | 1172 | 423 | 770 | 1132 | 0.03t | |||
Dose | 15 | 20 | 24 | 15 | 20 | 24 | 0.14t | |||
Sulfasalazine | Days | 36 | 149 | 289 | 319 | 52 | 43 | 97 | 277 | 0.002 |
Cumulative dose (mg) | 258000 | 549500 | 614000 | 34250 | 174000 | 433000 | 0.001 | |||
Dose | 1741 | 1931 | 2000 | 1000 | 1925 | 2000 | 0.35 | |||
Hydroxychloroquine | Days | 11 | 24 | 173 | 289 | 34 | 116 | 270 | 344 | 0.13 |
Cumulative dose (mg) | 9600 | 69200 | 115600 | 39600 | 88600 | 137600 | 0.30 | |||
Dose | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 0.54 | |||
Leflunomide | Days | 22 | 100 | 197 | 281 | 37 | 50 | 126 | 212 | 0.06 |
Cumulative dose (mg) | 1740 | 2610 | 4940 | 900 | 2020 | 2775 | 0.07 | |||
Dose | 10 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 17 | 20 | 0.59 | |||
Prednisone | Days | 32 | 34 | 98 | 171 | 51 | 38 | 89 | 183 | 0.66 |
Cumulative dose (mg) | 648 | 1208 | 1820 | 420 | 814 | 1480 | 0.20 | |||
Dose | 8 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 0.06 | |||