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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with psoriatic arthritis

From: Role of inflammatory burden and treatment on joint space width in psoriatic arthritis—a high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography study

 

PsA patients

Patient N

67

Age, year

57.0 (53.0, 63.0)

Female (%)

30 (44.8%)

Disease duration, year

21.0 (16.0, 28.0)

CRP, mg/L

1.9 (0.8, 4.9)

ESR, mm/h

24 (14, 41)

DAPSA

10.13 ± 6.55

DAPSA category

 Remission

14 (20.9%)

 Low disease activity

33 (49.3%)

 Moderate disease activity

18 (26.9%)

 High disease activity

2 (3.0%)

HAQ

0.25 (0.00, 0.88)

Tender joint count

0 (0, 2)

Swollen joint count

0 (0, 1)

Damage joint count

4 (2, 10)

Current treatment

 csDMARDs (%)

56 (83.6%)

 bDMARDs (%)

27 (40.3%)

  1. Values are presented as mean ± SD or median (interquartile range) for continuous data and number (percentage) for categoric data
  2. PsA Psoriatic arthritis, CRP C-reactive protein, ESR Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, DAPSA Disease Activity in Psoriatic Arthritis, HAQ Health Assessment Questionnaire score, csDMARDs Conventional synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs, bDMARDs Biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs