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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 28.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2018 Mar 9;48(3):430–435. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2018.03.002

Table 1. Characteristics of the patient population at clinic entry.

Patient’s characteristics Proportion or median (range)
All patients		 Proportion or median (range)
Patients without hand damage at entry		 Proportion or median (range)
Patients without foot damage at entry
Number of patients 704 511 552
Female/Male 313/391 225/286 242/310
Age, years 43 (14,86) 41 (14,86) 41 (14,79)
Duration of arthritis, years 4.3 (0,47.7) 2.9 (0,47.3) 3.2 (0, 47.3)
Number of clinically damaged joints* 0 (0,53) 0 (0,20) 0 (0,19)
Number of swollen joints* 2 (0,33) 2 (0,33) 2 (0,33)
Number of active joints* 8 (0,55) 6 (0,55) 7 (0, 48)
*Median (range)