Table 1 Disease related characteristics of 90 patients with rheumatoid arthritis with or without etanercept.
Characteristic | Etanercept group (n = 52) | Control group (n = 38) | p Value | |||
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Age (years) | 53 (20 to 80) | 52 (20 to 69) | 0.223 | |||
Women (%) | 90 | 87 | ||||
Duration of disease (years) | 9.5 (1 to 20) | 8 (1 to 21) | 0.882 | |||
Methotrexate (mg) | 7.5 (0 to 20) | 7.5 (0 to 20) | 0.551 | |||
DMARDs except methotrexate (n) | 1.5 (1 to 3) | 1 (1 to 3) | 0.954 |
Values are median (range).
DMARD, disease modifying antirheumatic drug.