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Table 4 Components of DAS28-CRP and VAS pain in RA-patients reporting low or not-low social support

From: Neither low social support nor low decision latitude at work is associated with disease remission among patients with rheumatoid arthritis: results from the Swedish EIRA study

Follow-up time point

3 months

12 months

60 months

Low Social support (n = 500)

Not low social support (n = 1894)

Low Social support (n = 479)

Not low social support (n = 1835)

Low Social support (n = 426)

Not low social support (n = 1628)

CRP, median (IQR)

7 (3–10)

7 (3–11)

5 (2–9)

6 (2–9)

3 (1–7)

4 (1–8)

Tender joint count, median (IQR)

2 (0–6)

2 (0–5)

1 (0–4)

1 (0–3)

1 (0–3)

0 (0–3)

Swollen joint count, median (IQR)

2 (0–5)

2 (0–5)

1 (0–3)

1 (0–2)

0 (0–2)

0 (0–2)

VAS global, median (IQR)

30 (13–52)

27 (10–49)

25 (10–54)

21 (7–44)

29 (8–51)*

21 (6–45)*

VAS pain, median (IQR)

26 (10–50)

25 (10–48)

25 (9–53)*

21 (6–45)*

27 (9–50)*

22 (6–45)*

  1. *p < 0.05