Table 1.

Sociodemographic and disease related characteristics of 40 patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Characteristics
Age, mean ± SD years	48.3 ± 12.8
BMI, mean ± SD	26.9 ± 4.4
Female	40 (100)
RF, mean ± SD	103.5 ± 154
Anti-CCP, mean ± SD (U/ml)	104.6 ± 132.2
DAS28, mean ± SD	3.9 ± 1.3
Remission	5 (12.5)
Low activity	5 (12.5)
Median activity	20 (50)
High activity	10 (25)
Disease duration ± years	6.8 ± 6.6
ESR, mean ± SD (mm/1st h)	29.2 ± 22.9
RF	26/40 (65)
HLADR3	4/36 (11.1)
HLADR4	10/36 (27.8)
VAS, mean ± SD	4.8 ± 1.7
CRP, mean ± SD (mg/l)	1.9 ± 3.0
Drug treatment
MTX/DTC	11 (27.5)
SSZ/DTC	7 (17.5)
MTX/SS/DTC	13 (32.5)
MTX/HQC/DTC	2 (5)
NSAID	7 (17.5)

* Except where indicated otherwise, values are the number (%)