Table 2.
Clinical response to colchicine in FMF patients
| Subgroups | Response rate | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sure | vs | Probable | 91/93 (97.8 %) | 74/80 (92.5 %) | 0.095 |
| (0.82 ± 0.40)* | (0.84 ± 0.54)* | ||||
| MEFV mutations (+) | vs | MEFV mutations (–) | 154/162 (95.1 %) | 11/11 (100 %) | 0.585 |
| M694I (+) | vs | M694I (–) | 36/37 (97.3 %) | 129/136 (94.9 %) | 0.459 |
| E148Q (+) | vs | E148Q (–) | 109/115 (94.8 %) | 56/58 (96.6 %) | 0.461 |
| Rheumatic diseases (+) | vs | Rheumatic diseases (–) | 23/23 (100 %) | 142/150 (94.7 %) | 0.311 |
*Mean dose of colchicine, mg/day. FMF familial Mediterranean fever