Circular RNAs Hsa_circ_0002715 and Hsa_circ_0035197 in Peripheral Blood Are Novel Potential Biomarkers for New-Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis

Table 2

Clinical details of the patients with new-onset RA, AS, SLE, and HC.

Clinical characteristics	RA	HC	AS	SLE	UA
Number of subjects	59	35	25	48	19
Sex (male/female)	12/47	12/23	17/8	4/44	6/13
Age (years)
Duration (day)
DAS28
SJC
TJC
VAS
ESR (mm/h)
CRP (mg/l)
RF (IU/ml)
ACPA (RU/ml)
WBC (10^9/l)				^#	^^
RBC (10^12/l)			^&	^#
HGB (g/l)			^&	^#
HCT (l/l)			^&	^#	^^
PLT (10^9/l)				^#	^^
(10^9/l)			^&	^#
			^&		^^
(10^9/l)
				^#
(10^9/l)			^&	^#	^^
			^&		^^

: RA compared to HC; ^&: AS compared to RA; ^#: SLE compared to RA; ^{^}: UA compared to RA. Anticitrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA); ankylosing spondylitis (AS); C-reactive protein (CRP); disease activity score (DAS28); erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR); healthy controls (HC); hematocrit (HCT); hemoglobin (HGB); lymphocyte count (); lymphocyte percentage (); monocyte count (); monocyte percentage (); neutrophil count (); neutrophil percentage (); platelet count (PLT); rheumatoid arthritis (RA); red blood cell count (RBC); rheumatoid factors (RF); systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE); swollen joint count (SJC); tender joint count (TJC); undiagnosed arthritis (UA); visual analogue scale (VAS); white blood cell count (WBC).