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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients with CSA with and without US active inflammation: univariate analysis

From: Ultrasound in clinically suspect arthralgia: the role of power Doppler to predict rheumatoid arthritis development

 

Total

n = 110

US active inflammation

n = 38 (34.5%)

Non-US active inflammation

n = 72 (65.5%)

p

Age

53.6 ± 15.6

57.2 ± 16.2

51.6 ± 13.4

0.071

Sex

Female

80 (72.7%)

26 (68.4%)

54 (75%)

0.461

Smoking, n = 87

Non-smoker

45 (51.7%)

12 (44.4%)

33 (55%)

0.412

Smoker

34 (39.1%)

11 (40.7%)

23 (38.3%)

Former smoker

8 (9.2%)

4 (14.8%)

4 (6.7%)

Extension

Monoarticular

12 (10.9%)

6 (15.8%)

6 (8.3%)

0.176

Oligoarticular

22 (20%)

10 (26.3%)

12 (16.7%)

Polyarticular

76 (69.1%)

22 (57.9%)

54 (75%)

Time (months) from symptom onset

11.7 ± 9.9

9.1 ± 8 .1

13 ± 10.5

0.035

ESR (mm/h)

24.7 ± 18.2

33.1 ± 21.8

20.3 ±14.4

<0.001

CRP (mg/dL)

1.1 ± 3.1

1.4 ± 1.7

0.9 ± 3.7

0.329

ANA

15 (13.6%)

5 (16.7%)

10 (16.4%)

0.748

RF (IU/mL)

39.1 ± 230.5

28.5 ± 56

45.1 ± 286.1

0.647

ACPA (IU/mL)

98.1 ± 331.2

209.4 ± 488.4

26 ± 125.2

0.01

  1. Abbreviations: US ultrasound, ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, CRP C-reactive protein, RF rheumatoid factor, ACPA anti-citrullinated peptide antibody