Table 5.

Comparison between patients with low and normal haemoglobin.

PARAMETERS	Low Hb	Normal Hb	p value
Mean age	40.42(7.63)	41.33(8.45)	0.527
Female: male	25:1	5:3	0.0097*
TJC	4.69(3.08)	2.58(1.79)	0.010*
SJC	5.53(2.59)	3.62(2.63)	0.002*
DAS28	5.53(2.59)	3.62(2.63)	0.000*
HB	10.61(0.8)	13.3(1.21)	0.000*
Platelet	376.11(110.84)	300.2(58.65)	0.006*
Rheumatoid factor	119.1(229.9)	114.6(210.8)	0.409
ESR	50.03(7.37)	31.75(5.87)	0.001*