Table 2 Number of painful joints in patients with psoriatic-, palindromic-, rheumatoid-, and axial spondyloarthritis compared to the initial 40 patients with Whipple’s disease.

From: Differential diagnostic value of rheumatic symptoms in patients with Whipple’s disease

 

Psoriatic arthritis

Palindromic arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis

Whipple’s disease

Axial spondylo-arthritis

Patients (n)

21

15

30

40

25

Joints involved (n)

95

88

199

208

113

Mean

4.524

5.867

6.633

5.200

4.520

Standard deviation

± 2.695

± 2.356

± 3.306

± 3.368

± 2.568

p-value*

0.758*

0.758*

0.188*

 

0.758*

  1. *One-way ANOVA followed by Holm-Sidak´s multiple comparison tests vs. Whipple’s disease patients.
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