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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the patients (n = 65)

From: Clinical utility of quantitative analysis of bone scintigraphy in detecting clinically active joint and high disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Characteristics

Median value (range)

Age (years)

 

Sex

56 (19–83 years)

 Men

18 (27.7%)*

 Women

47 (72.3%)*

Disease activity

 

 Number of tender joints among 28 joints for each patient

4 (1–20)

 Number of swollen joints among 28 joints for each patient

2 (1–14)

 Serum ESR level (mm/h)

14 (2–120)

 Patient global assessment

45 (20–90)

 DAS28-ESR

4.02 (1.61–6.90)

Bone scintigraphy

 

 Joint uptake ratio

1.14 (0.10–7.46)

 Summed joint uptake ratio of 28 joints

35.70 (18.19–50.53)

  1. DAS28-ESR, disease activity score in 28 joints using erythrocyte sedimentation rate; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate
  2. *Number of patients (%)