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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Med Sci. 2010 Dec;340(6):448–451. doi: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181ee6a62

Table 1.

General characteristics of the patients studied

Diagnosis
 Number
 Gender
 Disease Duration
 Cta PCR+
Normal 21 8M/13F (na) 2 (10%)
ReAb 110 53M/57F 0.5–21 yr 66 (60%)c
UO 83 53M/30F 0.8–72 mo 16 (19%)d
OA 4 3M/1F 0.5–16 mo 0 (0%)
218 117M/101F 84 (39%)
a

Ct, C. trachomatis

b

Abbreviations are: ReA, reactive arthritis, UO, undifferentiated oligoarthritis, OA, osteoarthritis

c

p<0.0001 for ReA vs Normal

d

p=0.5179 UO vs Normal; p<0.0001 ReA vs UO