Table 1 Early RA patient cohort: characteristics at baseline.

From: Expression of the myeloid inhibitory receptor CLEC12A correlates with disease activity and cytokines in early rheumatoid arthritis

 

Total

(n = 17)

Age, years, mean (SD)

61.06 (11.65)

Female, n (%)

10 (58.8)

Caucasian, n (%)

16 (94)

BMI, mean (SD)

26.72 (4.6)

Smoker, n (%)

0 (0)

Ex-smoker, n (%)

12 (80)

Symptoms duration, years (SD)

0.51 (0.22)

ESR, mm/h, mean (SD)

13.71 (10.80)

CRP, mg/L, mean (SD)

8.95 (12.52)

RF, KUI/L, mean (SD)

90.24 (97.16)

RF +, n (%)

12 (71)

Anti-CCP, u/ml, mean (SD)

153.41 (118.17)

Anti-CCP +, n (%)

11 (65)

SJC28, mean (SD)

10.47 (6.51)

SDAI, mean (SD)

34.48 (14.73)

Prednisone, n (%)

3 (18)

Methotrexate, n (%)

1 (6)

  1. Anti-CCP anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide, BMI body mass index, CRP C-reactive protein, ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, RF rheumatoid factor, SDAI simple disease activity index, SJC28 swollen 28-joint count, % percentage after excluding missing values.
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