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. 2019 Summer;8(3):191–199. doi: 10.22088/IJMCM.BUMS.8.3.191

Table 1.

Clinical and laboratory characteristics before and after mesenchymal stem cells transplantation

Clinical and laboratory indicators Before MSCT 1 Month after MSCT 6 Months after MSCT 12 Months after MSCT
VAS score 7.92 ± 0.54 6.67 ± 0.56 5.76 ± 0.67a ** 5.61 ± 0.70b ***
DAS28-ESR 5.56 ± 0.40 5.04 ± 0.44 5.06 ± 0.34 4.72 ± 0.50
CRP (mg/l) 14.12 ± 5.09 9.63 ± 3.64 8.53 ± 2.03 9.71 ± 3.64
ESR (mm) 23.75 ± 7.73 14.58 ± 4.62 14.58 ± 3.69 15.41 ± 3.74

MSCT: mesenchymal stem cells transplantation; VAS: visual analog scale; DAS28-ESR: disease activity score-28 for RA with erythrocyte sedimentation rate; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP: C-reactive protein. Data are presented as mean ± SEM. a: ** P<0.01 in comparison with before MSCT; b: *** P <0.001 in comparison with before MSCT.