Table 2.

Clinical variables in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Variables	n = 84
Age, y	63 (24–89)
Years since RA diagnosis	13 (0–45)
HAQ-DI	0.11 (0–2.7)
DAS28-ESR	2.8 (0.9–7.1)
DAS28-ESR moderate-severe (>3.2), n (%)	31 (36.9)
Rheumatoid cachexia, n (%)	12 (14.3)
Treatment
Biological drugs, n (%)	5 (6)
Glucocorticoids, n (%)	71 (85.5)
Dose of glucocorticoids, mg/day	5 (0–17.5)
DMARD, n (%)	80 (96.4)
NSAID, n (%)	78 (95.1)
Laboratory
∗CRP, mg/dL	10.2 (0.3–219)
ESR, mm/h	20.5 (1–64)
Myostatin, ng/mL	9 (1.2–140)