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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 11.
Published in final edited form as: Pak J Biol Sci. 2010 Feb 1;13(3):101–113. doi: 10.3923/pjbs.2010.101.113

Table 5.

Comparison between systemic, polyarticular, oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis subtypes regarding demographic, clinical, laboratory and magnetic resonance imaging findings

Variables Systemic JIA Mean±SD Polyarticular JIA Mean±SD Oligoart. JIA Mean±SD F-value p-value Sig.
Age (years) 12.16±4.07 14.78±1.83 14.33±1.52 1.7 >0.05 NS
Age at dis.ons (years) 8.00±4.09 10.03±2.25 7.00±3.60 1.9 >0.05 NS
Dis. duration (years) 4.16±0.76 4.75±2.43 7.33±2.51 1.7 >0.05 NS
No. of active jts 2.00±1.0 5.28±0.46 1.66±0.57 77.2 <0.001 HS
Dis. activity score 4.33±0.57 3.42±1.01 2.00±0.00 5.09 <0.05 S
C-HAQ 1.33±0.28 0.99±0.47 0.46±0.30 2.9 >0.05 NS
Pain score 1.83±0.73 1.50±0.51 0.70±0.17 3.9 <0.05 S
MIO (mm) 37.33±0.57 42.85±4.14 49.33±3.21 7.5 <0.05 S
ESR (mm h−1) 106.30±35.92 61.50±29.2 15.33±4.16 7.6 <0.05 S
CRP (mg mL−1) 35.00±2.0 22.28±10.06 6.66±0.57 7.7 <0.05 S
S.S100A12 (ng mL−1) 1070.00±480.3 691.07±295.61 145.00±8.66 6.9 <0.05 S
Syn. enhan. score 4.00±0.0 2.57±1.65 1.33±1.15 2.3 >0.05 NS
Effusion score 3.33±0.57 1.28±1.32 0.00±0.0 6.2 <0.05 S
Pannus score 2.66±1.52 0.28±0.72 0.00±0.0 11.2 <0.05 S
Erosion score 2.33±1.15 0.14±0.36 0.00±0.0 24.3 <0.001 HS
Total MRI score 12.33±2.08 4.28±2.99 1.33±1.15 13.8 <0.001 HS

Oligoart: Oligoarticular, JIA: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis, Dis: Disease, ons: Onset, No: Number, Jts: Joints,C-HAQ: Child health assessment questionnaire, MIO: Maximal interincisal opening, ESR: Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, CRP: C-reactive protein, S: Serum, Syn. enhan: Synovial enhancement, MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging. A significant increase in serum S100A12 levels and total magnetic resonance imaging score in systemic and polyarticular subtypes compared to oligoarticular patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. NS: Not significant, S: Significant, HS: Highly significant