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. 2022 Apr;63(2):141–147. doi: 10.3325/cmj.2022.63.141

Table 2.

Differences between groups with high and low disease impact according to Psoriatic Arthritis Impact of Disease (PsAID) score. Unless otherwise stated, values are presented as median (min-max)*

Low disease impact, PsAID<4 (n = 41) High disease impact, PsAID≥4 (n = 119) p†
Age, years (mean ± SD)
47.32 ± 12.14
46.20 ± 10.79
0.581
Sex, F/M (n)
27/14
94/25
0.091
Presence of psoriasis, n (%)
34 (82.9)
88 (73.9)
0.292
Treatment, n (%)


0.279
NSAIDs
4 (9.8)
11 (9.2)
>0.999
NSAIDs + csDMARDs
25 (61.0)
89(74.8)
0.110
bDMARDs
6 (14.6)
11 (9.2)
0.380
csDMARDs + bDMARDs
6 (14.6)
8 (6.7)
0.195
Disease duration, years
2 (0.5-34)
2 (0.5-23)
0.741
CRP, mg/L
1.65 (0.12-11.77)
6.2 (0.46-82.77)
<0.001
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, mm/h
5 (2-24)
13 (2-52)
<0.001
Neutrophil, K/uL (mean ± SD)
4.51 ± 1.65
5.76 ± 1.7
<0.001
Lymphocyte, K/uL
2.30 (1.32-5.15)
2.12 (0.88-4.48)
0.066
Platelet, K/uL
269 (125-446)
286 (156-533)
0.134
Albumin, g/dL (mean ± SD)
4.59 ± 0.22
4.41 ± 0.26
<0.001
CAR
0.35 (0.03-1.02)
1.39 (0.1-19.61)
<0.001
Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio
1.82 (0.73-3.74)
2.70 (0.85-7.10)
<0.001
Platelet/lymphocyte ratio
108.13 (62.52-211.46)
138.39 (47.47-492.16)
<0.001
Disease Activity Index for Psoriatic Arthritis 15.5 (10-28) 30.32 (11-129) <0.001

*Abbreviations: SD – standard deviation; bDMARDs – biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs; CAR – CRP/albumin ratio; CRP – C-reactive protein; csDMARDs – conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs; NSAIDs – non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

†Numerical variables were evaluated with the independent-samples t test and the Mann-Whitney U test. Categorical data were evaluated with the χ2 test.