Table 2.

Disease activity and thickening of the pulleys

	With thickening (N = 86)	Without thickening (N = 120)	p
TJC	7.4 ± 5.2	6.4 ± 4.5	0.123
SJC	3.5 ± 3.5	3.0 ± 2.9	0.288
DAS28	4.0 ± .83	3.7 ± 0.92	0.046
Dactylitis	33/86	20/120	0.001
DAS28
PsA	4.28 ± 0.70	3.53 ± 0.76	0.092
RA	4.19 ± 0.97	4.61 ± 0.67	0.246
UnA	3.69 ± 0.72	3.16 ± 0.77	0.087
Filippucci’s score
MCP	0.56 ± 0.796	0.79 ± 0.898	0.251
PIP	0.39 ± 0.698	0.41 ± 0.712	0.362
DIP	0.55 ± 0.688	0.10 ± 0.316	0.076

Data reported as M ± SD

TJC tender joints count, SJC swollen joint count, DAS28 disease activity score computed with CRP, PsA psoriatic arthritis, RA rheumatoid arthritis, UnA undifferentiated arthritis, MCP metacarpophalangeal joints, PIP proximal interphalangeal joints, DIP distal interphalangeal joints