Research Article
The Effect of Prednisone on Tuberculin Skin Test Reaction in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of study participants.
| Variable | RA Patients (n = 65) | Controls (n = 195) | P value |
| Age (yrs) | 58.4 ± 12.3 | 51.5 ± 10.9 | <0.001 | Female () | 53 (82) | 131 (67) | 0.028 | Comorbidities | | | | Systemic hypertension () | 38 (59) | 64 (33) | <0.001 | Diabetes mellitus () | 10 (15) | 22 (11) | 0.383 | Cardiovascular disease () | 3 (5) | 16 (8) | 0.420 | Chronic lung disease () | 2 (3) | 14 (7) | 0.372 | Chronic renal insufficiency () | 3 (5) | 9 (5) | 0.999 | Liver disease () | 1 (2) | 9 (5) | 0.459 | History of malignancy () | 2 (3) | 5 (3) | 0.999 |
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