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Acute phase reactants and rheumatoid arthritis activity indicators in the group of subjects treated with nonbiological DMARDs and those treated with biological DMARDs.
| Variable | RA nonbiological DMARDs n = 16 |
RA biological DMARDs n = 18 |
|---|---|---|
| ESR (mm/hour) | 49.62 ± 25.68 | 38.94 ± 20.87 |
| RF (mg/dL) | 216.79 ± 266.95 | 190.00 ± 262.14 |
| DAS 28 | 5.10 ± 1.36 | 4.98 ± 1.47 |
Continuous variables are presented as X ± SD.
ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate and RF: rheumatoid factor.
