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Table 1 Baseline characteristics by MDA responder (−R) or non-responder (-NR) status and overall

From: Achieving minimal disease activity in psoriatic arthritis predicts meaningful improvements in patients’ health-related quality of life and productivity

Measure

MDA-R (N = 157)

MDA-NR (N = 326)

Total (N = 483)

p-value

Age, mean (SD)

48.2 (13.7)

52.1 (10.8)

50.8 (12.0)

0.002

Female gender, n (%)

68 (43.3)

192 (58.9)

260 (53.8)

0.001

Race, n (%)

0.121

 White

143 (91.1)

307 (94.5)

450 (93.4)

 

 Asian

8 (5.1)

13 (4.0)

21 (4.4)

 

 Other

6 (3.8)

5 (1.5)

11 (2.3)

 

 Weight kg, mean (SD)

81.1 (17.3)

88.1 (21.2)

85.9 (20.3)

< 0.001

 BMI kg/m2, mean (SD)

27.7 (5.1)

31.0 (7.6)

30.0 (7.0)

< 0.001

 Time since PsA onset, mean years (SD)

10.5 (9.3)

11.2 (8.9)

11.0 (9.0)

0.51

 Time since PsA diagnosis, mean years (SD)

7.7 (7.8)

8.5 (7.8)

8.2 (7.8)

0.63

 CASPAR score, mean (SD)

4.4 (1.0)

4.4 (0.9)

4.4 (0.9)

0.96

 Curr. enthesitis, n (%)

78 (50.0)

200 (61.7)

278 (57.9)

0.017

 Curr. dactylitis, n (%)

47 (30.1)

63 (19.4)

110 (22.9)

0.027

 Curr. psoriasis, n (%)

149 (94.9)

304 (93.3)

453 (93.8)

0.46

 PASI total scorea, mean (SD)

6.3 (6.6)

6.1 (8.0)

6.2 (7.5)

0.77

 cDMARD at baseline, n (%)

93 (59.2)

194 (59.5)

287 (59.4)

0.74

 Methotrexate at baseline, n (%)

77 (49.0)

156 (47.9)

233 (48.2)

0.98

  1. aFor patients with plaque psoriasis. Abbreviations, BMI = body mass index, CASPAR = classification of psoriatic arthritis; cDMARD = conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drug; curr. = current, MDA = minimal disease activity, NR = non-responder, N = number of patients in the analysis population, n = number of patients in each subgroup, PASI = psoriasis area and severity index, PsA = psoriatic arthritis, −R = responder, SD = standard deviation