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. 2016 May 10;2(1):e000213. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2015-000213

Table 1.

Baseline demographics and disease characteristics (pooled placebo-controlled population and TCZ all-exposure population)

Pooled placebo-controlled population
TCZ all-exposure population
TCZ±MTX/DMARD
n=2644
Placebo+MTX/DMARDs
n=1454
Total
N=4009
DMARD-IR
n=2904
aTNF-IR
n=464
Female, n (%) 2179 (82) 1184 (81) 3286 (82) 2398 (83) 373 (80)
Age, years 52.2 (12.50) 51.8 (12.83) 52.0 (12.54) 52.2 (12.39) 52.6 (12.73)
Race, n (%)
 White 1952 (74) 1082 (74) 2970 (74) 2075 (71) 421 (91)
 Asian 202 (8) 112 (8) 304 (8) 247 (9) 11 (2)
American
 Indian/Alaska 190 (7) 95 (7) 274 (7) 218 (8) 5 (1)
Native
 Black 113 (4) 60 (4) 176 (4) 124 (4) 20 (4)
 Other 187 (7) 105 (7) 285 (7) 240 (8) 7 (2)
 Duration of RA, years 9.2 (8.41) 8.7 (8.47) 9.3 (8.51) 9.4 (8.33) 11.9 (9.10)
 DAS28 6.7 (0.98) 6.7 (0.96) 6.4 (1.28) 6.4 (1.23) 6.7 (1.12)
 Oral corticosteroid use, n (%) NA NA 2318 (58) 1746 (60) (275 (59)
 ≥1 background DMARD, n (%) NA NA 3456 (86) 2887 (99) 464 (100)
 CRP, mg/dL 2.6 (3.03) 2.7 (3.64) 2.4 (2.90) 2.3 (2.73) 3.1 (3.59)
 ESR, mm/h 48.3 (26.75) 49.1 (27.23) 46.1 (26.83) 46.1 (26.44) 50.2 (28.24)
 Tender joint count 30.4 (15.36) 29.9 (15.13) 28.0 (16.60) 27.8 (16.41) 31.0 (16.57)
 Swollen joint count 18.8 (10.8) 18.5 (10.61) 17.3 (11.51) 17.3 (11.32) 18.7 (11.42)

All data are mean (SD) unless stated otherwise.

aTNF-IR, antitumour necrosis factor-inadequate responders; CRP, C reactive protein; DAS28, Disease Activity Score based on 28 joints; DMARD, disease-modifying antirheumatic drug; DMARD-IR, disease-modifying antirheumatic drug-inadequate responders; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; MTX, methotrexate; NA, not available; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; TCZ, tocilizumab.