Table 1.

Clinical parameters of RA patients recruited.

Characteristics Patients (n = 16)	Data
Female n	14
Male n	2
Age (years), mean (min-max)	53 (32 – 73)
Disease Duration (years), mean (range)	10 (±7,9)
DAS28 (%) Low Disease Activity (≤3.2) Moderate and High Disease Activity (>3.2)	9 (56%) 7 (44%)
CDAI (%) Low Disease Activity (≤ 10) Moderate and High Disease Activity (> 10)	8 (50%) 8 (50%)
Treatment (%)* None Prednisone Methotrexate Leflunomide	3 9 11 2
ESR mean (range mm/h)	16 (±10)
Rheumatoid Factor (%)	16 (100%)
* Eight patients were on Prednisone and Methotrexate combination and only one on Leflunomide and Methotrexate combination.