Table 1 Demographic information of all subjects used in this study.

From: Detection and characterization of bacterial nucleic acids in culture-negative synovial tissue and fluid samples from rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis patients

 

Cohort

Synovial Fluid

Synovial Tissue

n

183

152

31

Cohort

   

RA

125

110

15

OA

58

42

16

Male: Female

31:152

27:125

4:27

Age

20~80

20~80

22~78

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