Table 1. Demographic and Baseline Characteristics of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis .

Variable	Remission or mild RA (N=47)	Moderate to severe RA (N=27)	p
Age (years), mean±SD	46.31±8.4	48.34 ± 7.7	0.34
Duration of illness (years), mean±SD	8.72±8.3	9.33±9.3	0.78
Dose of prednisolone (mg/day), mean±SD	5.22± 1.8	6.86± 2.6	0.03
Methotraxate user, N (%)	39(84.8%)	23(92%)	0.16
Hydroxychloroquine user, N (%)	20(43.5%)	17(68%)	0.03
DAS 28, mean±SD	2.31±0.8	4.02±1.4	<0.001
ESR(mm/h), mean±SD	22.70± 15.78	32.30±16.5	0.017
VAS, mean±SD	12.55±16.1	50.76 ±29.7	<0.001