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. 2019 Dec 17;35(3):409–415. doi: 10.46497/ArchRheumatol.2020.7215

Table 3. Characteristics of psoriatic arthritis patients with (ambiguous and likely) and without neuropathic pain.

  Patients with NP Patients without NP P
Median IQR Median IQR
Age (year) 53.5 17 46.5 17 0.38
Body mass index (kg/m2) 23.8 5.8 27.8 3.8 0.21
Disease duration (month) 60 99 48 60 0.59
DAS-28 3.6 1.7 2.5 0.8 <0.0001
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (mm/h) 23 18 21.5 20 0.86
C-reactive protein (N <5 mg/L) 3 3.7 3 5 0.94
VAS-pain 8 4 2 4 <0.0001
PSQI total score 10 7 4 9 0.002
PsAQoL 13 7.5 4.5 7 0.01
MAF 31.5 27.2 16.3 25 0.03
NP: Neuropathic pain; IQR: Interquartile range; DAS-28: Disease activity score; VAS: Visual analog scale; PSQI: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; PsA: Psoriatic arthritis; PsAQoL: Psoriatic Arthritis Quality of Life; MAF: Multidimensional Assessment of Fatigue.