| Age (years) |
|
|
44.2±9.1 |
23-55
|
| Duration of marriage (years) |
|
|
18.5±3.5 |
3–37 |
| Degree of education |
|
|
|
|
| Illiterate |
164
|
82 |
|
|
| Read and write |
36 |
18 |
|
|
| Duration of illness (years) |
|
|
5.8±4.1 |
1.5-17 |
| Disease activity |
|
|
|
|
| Number of swollen joints |
|
|
5.9±3.5 |
|
| Number of tender joints |
|
|
5.3±2.9 |
|
| Index of disease activity |
|
|
2.5±0.5 |
|
| Morning stiffness (minutes) |
|
|
88.2±52.0 |
|
| Erythrocytic sedimentation rate (mm/h) |
|
|
53.3±20.3 |
|
| C-reactive protein |
|
|
30.3±11.3 |
|
| Ritchie articular index |
|
|
27.0±7.2 |
|
| Rheumatoid factor |
|
|
32.5±4.3 |
|
| Knee joint involvement |
148 |
74 |
|
|
| Hip joint involvement |
138 |
69 |
|
|
| Treatment |
|
|
|
|
| Methotrexate and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs |
65 |
32.50 |
|
|
| Steroids |
40 |
20 |
|
|
| Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs |
69 |
34.45 |
|
|
| Colchicine |
2 |
1.00 |
|
|
| Methotrexate and hydroquinone |
24 |
12 |
|
|
| Groups of patients according to the age at presentation |
|
|
|
|
| 18-39 years old |
146 |
73 |
|
|
| 40-55 years old |
54 |
27 |
|
|
| Groups of patients according to the duration of illness |
|
|
|
|
| <2 years |
36 |
18 |
|
|
| ≥2 years |
164 |
82 |
|
|
| SD: Standard deviation. |
