Table 1 Clinical characteristics.

From: Clinical significance of quantitative bone SPECT/CT in the evaluation of hand and wrist pain in patients with rheumatic disease

Variables

Number

Age (y), mean ± SD

49.8 + 15.4

Male gender

26/84 (31.0%)

Disease classification

Rheumatoid arthritis

42/84 (50.0%)

Osteoarthritis

16/84 (19.0%)

Fibromyalgia

2/84 (2.4%)

Other rheumatic diseases

24/84 (28.6%)

Joints with pain

DIP

181/672 (26.9%)

PIP

336/840 (40.0%)

MCP

251/840 (29.9%)

Wrist

118/336 (35.1%)

  1. SD, standard deviation; DIP, distal interphalangeal; PIP, proximal interphalangeal; MCP, metacarpophalangeal.
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