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Table 1 Demographics and clinical features of participant groups at baseline

From: Interpretation of DAS28 and its components in the assessment of inflammatory and non-inflammatory aspects of rheumatoid arthritis

 

ERAN

BSRBR anti-TNF

BSRBR-Control

PPT study

Repeatability

N=

813

10,813

2992

45

34

%female

70%

76%

74%

77%

73%

Age (mean (sd))

57 (14)

56 (12)

60 (12)

60 (11)

60 (13)

Seropositive

59%

65%

58%

90%

79%

DAS28-ESR

5.2 (1.1)

6.6 (1.0)

5.4 (1.1)

4.7 (0.9)

4.8 (1.1)

ESR

34 (24)

46 (29)

37 (25)

21 (13)

39 (29)

SJC

7 (6)

11 (6)

6 (5)

1 (1)

5 (4)

TJC

9 (7)

16 (7)

9 (7)

11 (7)

6 (6)

VAS-GH

50 (24)

73 (20)

57 (23)

53 (23)

39 (20)

CRP

28 (37)

46 (42)

35 (40)

< 5

not collected

  1. Eligible population: proportion (number) of cases from database with DAS28-ESR ≥ 3.2 and therefore included in this study. TJC tender joint count, SJC swollen joint count, ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, VAS-GH visual analogue scale-general health, CRP C-reactive protein (mg per dL)