Table 5 Relation between number of erosions in hand OA and MetS.

From: Metabolic syndrome is not associated with erosive hand osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional study using data from the PROCOAC cohort

Total number of erosions in both hands

Metabolic syndrome

n

Mean

SD

Mediane

Min

Max

Q1

Q3

No

208

3.33

2.36

3

0

13

2

5

Yes

43

3.88

2.89

4

0

11

1

6

p = 0.327