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. 2022 Oct 7;42(3):923–928. doi: 10.1007/s10067-022-06380-z

Table 1.

Characteristics of enrolled patients (n = 391)

Characteristics n (%)
Females 259 (66.2)
Diagnosis:
  • Rheumatoid arthritis 221 (56.5)
  • Psoriatic arthritis 64 (16.4)
  • Spondylarthritis 67 (17.1)
  • Other diagnoses 39 (10.0)
Therapy:
  • Glucocorticoids:
   o  ≥ 7.5 mg/die prednisone equivalent 38 (9.7)
  • csDMARD:
   o Methotrexate 89 (22.8)
   o Hydroxychloroquine 27 (6.9)
   o Other 23 (5.9)
  • bDMARD:
   o Etanercept 83 (21.2)
   o Adalimumab 86 (22.0)
   o Golimumab 32 (8.2)
   o Certolizumab 17 (4.3)
   o Infliximab 10 (2.6)
   o Tocilizumab 44 (11.2)
   o Sarilumab 11 (2.8)
   o Abatacept 48 (12.3)
   o Anakinra 3 (0.8)
   o Rituximab 7 (1.8)
   o Secukinumab 19 (4.9)
  • tsDMARDs:
   o Tofacitinib 11 (2.8)
   o Baricitinib 6 (1.5)
   o Upadacitinib 1 (0.3)
   o Apremilast 4 (1.0)

csDMARD conventional synthetic disease–modifying antirheumatic drugs, bDMARD biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, tsDMARD targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs