Table 1 Clinical and laboratory characteristics of the enrolled patients.

From: Adiponectin is negatively associated with disease activity and Sharp score in treatment-naïve Han Chinese rheumatoid arthritis patients

Characteristic

N (%)

Male

Female

Total

p value

Gender (N, %)

125 (100)

31 (24.8)

94 (75.2)

  

Age (year)

124 (99.2)

60.9 ± 11.4

54.0 ± 12.3

55.7 ± 12.4

0.007

Height (cm)

122 (97.6)

167.2 ± 8.2

155.5 ± 5.0

158.4 ± 7.8

< 0.001

Weight (kg)

122 (97.6)

64.3 ± 11.0

54.4 ± 10.3

56.8 ± 11.3

< 0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

122 (97.6)

23.0 ± 3.2

22.4 ± 3.8

22.6 ± 3.7

0.504

Disease duration (month)

118 (94.4)

105.2 ± 116.4

109.0 ± 107.3

108.0 ± 109.1

0.871

SJC

123 (98.4)

4.5 ± 6.0

3.8 ± 6.3

4.0 ± 6.2

0.637

TJC

123 (98.4)

6.8 ± 8.7

6.9 ± 9.0

6.9 ± 8.9

0.844

CRP (mg/dL)

91 (72.8)

33.9 ± 38.3

40.1 ± 57.3

38.5 ± 52.8

0.627

ESR (mm/H)

124 (99.2)

52.8 ± 30.9

56.2 ± 33.0

55.4 ± 32.4

0.618

DAS28(ESR)

123 (98.4)

5.7 ± 3.4

5.3 ± 3.3

5.4 ± 3.3

0.594

RF (IU/mL)

122 (97.6)

444.2 ± 685.0

321.3 ± 469.3

352.5 ± 532.0

0.269

Anti-CCP (Ru/mL)

119 (95.2)

242.5 ± 173.1

230.8 ± 170.4

233.7 ± 170.4

0.746

Adiponectin (μg/mL)

118 (94.4)

21.4 ± 20.3

26.3 ± 18.6

25.0 ± 19.1

0.223

Sharp score

115 (92.0)

43.1 ± 63.5

44.3 ± 51.7

44.0 ± 54.7

0.917

  1. BMI body mass index, CCP cyclic citrullinated peptides, CRP C-reactive protein, DAS28 disease activity score of 28 joints, ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, RF rheumatoid factor, SJC swollen joint count, TJC tender joint count. Continuous variables are expressed as means ± standard deviations and categorical data using number (percentage). p < 0.05 is considered statistically significant and these values are in bold.