Table 1.

Summary of patient histories of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis patients included in the study

	Osteoarthritis		Rheumatoid arthritis
Gender (number)	Female (18)	Male (14)	Female (12)	Male (1)
Mean age ± standard deviation, years	72 ± 7	70 ± 8	61 ± 11	64
NSAIDs, number (percentage)	8 (44%)	7 (50%)	8 (67%)	0
Paracetamol, number (percentage)	9 (50%)	7 (50%)	9 (75%)	1 (100%)
Corticosteroid, number (percentage)	0	0	8 (67%)	0
NSAIDs, paracetamol or corticosteroid, number (percentage)	12 (67%)	9 (64%)	12 (100%)	1 (100%)
Anti-cytokine therapy, number (percentage)	0	0	1 (8%)	1 (100%)

NSAID, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug.