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. 2021 Jun 22;23:174. doi: 10.1186/s13075-021-02553-4

Table 3.

Baseline characteristics of the cases exclusively identified by the ML and those exclusively identified by either the 1987 or 2010 criteria

Only-ML not criteria Only-criteria not ML
N☨ 50 166
Proportion women 0.60 0.63
Proportion anti-CCP2-positive 0.07 0.16
Proportion RF-positive 0.17 0.34
Median DAS44 at baseline 2.52 2.74
Median BMI 26.6 25.6
Median ESR 19.0 25.0
Median CRP 9.35 8
Median age at inclusion 55.7 58.9
Median symptom duration at diagnosis (days) 66 78.0
Median number of swollen joints 4.0 4.0