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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Rheumatol. 2016 Jan 29;35(6):1493–1499. doi: 10.1007/s10067-016-3190-4

Table 1.

Demographics and Medication Use among 71 Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Characteristic Value
Female sex 42 (49%)
Age at diagnosis in years, mean (±SD) 8.2 (±5.3)
Length of follow-up in years, mean (±SD) 8.5 (±5.8)
JIA Subtype
Oligoarticular 45 (63%)
Polyarthritis 9 (12%)
Systemic 2 (3%)
Psoriatic arthritis 2 (3%)
Enthesitis related arthritis 1 (1%)
Unclassified 12 (17%)
Medications
NSAID 71 (100%)
Methotrexate 25 (35%)
Sulfasalazine 6 (8%)
Hydroxychloroquine 7 (10%)
Any DMARD 26 (37%)
TNF inhibitor 9 (13%)
IL-1 inhibitor 1 (1%)
Any Biologic 9 (13%)
Systemic Corticosteroids 19 (27%)
Any DMARD or Biologic 26 (37%)
Any DMARD, Biologic, or Systemic Corticosteroids 32 (45%)
Intraarticular Corticosteroid Injection 34 (48%)

Values in table are n (%) unless otherwise specified.

DMARD=Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drug, JIA=Juvenile idiopathic arthritis, NSAID=Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug