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. 2005 Aug 26;65(4):478–481. doi: 10.1136/ard.2005.039826

Table 1 Patient characteristics at clinic entry.

No of patients in the analysis 655
Mean age at clinic entry (range) 43.5 (15.5 to 87.5)
Mean age at onset of psoriasis (range) 28.9 (0 to 84)
Mean age at onset of arthritis (range) 35.9 (9 to 86)
Mean duration of arthritis (SEM) 7.5 (2.9)
Mean duration of psoriasis (SEM) 14.6 (3.5)
⩾40 years old at onset of psoriasis 150 (22.9%)
⩾60 years old at onset of psoriatic arthritis 34 (5.2%)
Family history of psoriasis 264 (40.5%)
Family history of psoriatic arthritis 65 (10%)
Actively inflamed joints
 No with no actively inflamed joints 43 (6.6%)
 No with 1–5 actively inflamed joints 181 (27.6%)
 No with ⩾5 actively inflamed joints 431 (65.8%)
Deformed Joints
 No with no deformed joints 402 (61.4%)
 No with 1–5 deformed joints 138 (21.1%)
 No with ⩾5 deformed joints 115 (17.5%)
Mean No of active joints (SEM) 10.1 (3.1)
Mean No of deformed joints (SEM) 3.2 (2.8)