Table 1.

Clinical data for patients 8 to 13

Patient	Diagnosis	RF	Sex	Age (years)	Age at diagnosis	Duration of arthritis (weeks)	DMARD	Corticosteroids	NSAID
8	RA	-	F	57	4 years	2	Methotrexate 10 mg/week	No	Ketoprofen 200 mg/day
9	RA	-	F	69	6 months	52	Methotrexate 10 mg/week	Prednisolone 7.5 mg/day	No
10	RA	+	F	52	4 years	1	Methotrexate 17.5 mg/week s.c.	Prednisolone 5 mg/day	Ketoprofen 200 mg/day
11	RA	+	F	64	4 days	3	No	Prednisolone 7.5 mg/day since 4 days	Diklofenac 150 mg/day
12	RA	+	F	57	9 months	26	Methotrexate 7.5 mg/week	Prednisolone 7.5 mg/day	Indometacin 75 mg/day
13	RA	+	M	66	10 weeks	n.a.	Methotrexate 10 mg/week	No	Diclofenac 50 mg on demand

DMARD, disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug; NSAID, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; RF, rheumatoid factor serology; s.c., subcutaneous.