Table 1.

Characteristics of RA and AS patients included in the study.

	RA (N = 3)	AS (N = 3)
Age [years]	34.67 ± 11.50	5
Sex (female/male)	1/2	1/2
Disease duration [years]	9.333 ± 9.074	15.33 ± 15.63
BMI	27.02 ± 2.728	26.47 ± 8.474
VAS baseline [mm]	82.67 ± 6.429	73.00 ± 18.38
VAS after therapy [mm]	30.00 ± 20.00	19.67 ± 11.68
DAS28 baseline	5.61 ± 0.71	—
DAS28 after therapy	1.85 ± 1.20	—
BASDAI baseline	—	7.90 ± 0.36
BASDAI after therapy	—	2.00 ± 0.87

BMI: body mass index; VAS: visual analogue scale; DAS28: disease activity score 28, BASDAI: Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index; RA: rheumatoid arthritis; AS: ankylosing spondylitis.