Table 5.
Reported symptoms and signs of patients with psoriatic arthritis and osteoarthritis
| Element | Psoriatic arthritis, n (%) |
Osteoarthritis,n (%) | P-value* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reported symptoms | |||
| Number, n in total | 103 (100) | 55 (100) | |
| Arthralgia | 103 (100) | 52 (94.55) | 0.0407 ‡ |
| Morning stiffness of digits | 29 (28.16) | 7 (12.73) | 0.0451 † |
| Swollen joints | 56 (54.37) | 18 (32.73) | 0.0151 † |
| Tender joints | 26 (25.24) | 6 (10.91) | 0.0539 † |
| Pain insomnia | 13 (12.62) | 6 (10.91) | 0.9533 † |
| Alleviation with movement | 4 (3.88) | 2 (3.64) | 1.0000 ‡ |
| Clinical signs | |||
| Number, n in total | 26 (25.24) | 1 (1.82) | < 0.0001‡ |
| Joint deformities | 3 (2.91) | 1 (1.82) | 1.0000 ‡ |
| Positive Gaenslen’s Squeeze Test of MCP joints | 8 (7.77) | 0 (0) | 0.0512 ‡ |
| Enthesitis | 3 (2.91) | 0 (0) | 0.5520 ‡ |
| Dactylitis | 12 (11.65) | 0 (0) | 0.0086 ‡ |
* P-values are given for Chi-Square Test (†) and Fishers-Exact-Test (‡). Abbreviations: n number, MCP metacarpophalangeal