. 2017 May 25;19:109. doi: 10.1186/s13075-017-1319-8

Table 1.

Clinical and biological parameters of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

	Subset 1 (n = 36)				Subset 2 (n = 32)
	R (n = 17)		NR (n = 19)		R (n = 19)		NR (n = 13)
	0 months	6 months	0 months	6 months	0 months	6 months	0 months	6 months
Age (years)	49.94 +/- 3.63		57.68 +/- 2.67		55.32 +/- 3.02		58.46 +/- 3.32
Sex (F/M), number	17/0*		14/5		15/4		10/3
Disease duration (years)	3.71 +/- 0.86**		10.68 +/- 2.65		5.42 +/- 1.44**		12.85 +/- 3.1
Methotrexate dose (mg/week)	15.29 +/- 1.28		16.58 +/- 3.99		18.03 +/- 3.85		15.58 +/- 3.42
Corticosteroid dose (mg/day)	2.44 +/- 0.77		2.71 +/- 0.75		2.64 +/- 0.8		3.46 +/- 1.14
Tender joint count/28	10.29 +/- 1.48	1.47 +/- 0.5^$$$	14.42 +/- 1.46^£££	6.37 +/- 0.79	11.10 +/- 1.56	1.32 +/- 0.37^$$$	11.46 +/- 2.05	6.92 +/- 1.68^£££
Swollen joint count/28	10.24 +/- 1.31	2.59 +/- 0.74^$$$	11.26 +/- 0.92^£££	6.21 +/- 1.10	9.63 +/- 1.15	1.74 +/- 0.49^$$$	10.85 +/- 1.41	5.08 +/- 0.81^£££
Patient assessment of disease (VAS scale/100 mm)	58.24 +/- 5.91*	16.29 +/- 4.37^$$$	68.58 +/- 4.28^£££	35.68 +/- 4.85	48.95 +/- 4.83*	19.74 +/- 3.87^$$$	60.62 +/- 5.37	37.08 +/- 5.35^£££
DAS28(CRP)	4.98 +/- 0.24**	2.37 +/- 0.13^$$$	5.90 +/- 0.2^£££	4.20 +/- 0.19	4.86 +/- 0.23**	2.41 +/- 0.11^$$$	5.35 +/- 0.25	4.13 +/- 0.27^£££
CRP (mg/L)	7.24 +/- 1.42**	2.18 +/- 0.44^$$$	27.69 +/- 6.71^££	12.34 +/- 3.46	8.16 +/- 2.44**	3.56 +/- 0.83^$$$	16.64 +/- 5.39	11.38 +/- 2.46^££