The Impact of Traditional Chinese Medicine QingreHuoxue Treatment and the Combination of Methotrexate and Hydroxychloroquine on the Radiological Progression of Active Rheumatoid Arthritis: A 52-Week Follow-Up of a Randomized Controlled Clinical Study

Table 1

Comparison of the baseline population data among the three groups.

Items		TCM group	WM group	IM group	-value
		(n = 49)	(n = 49)	(n = 55)
Gender	Male, N (%)	4 (8.16)	10 (20.41)	9 (16.36)	0.2237
	Female, N (%)	45 (91.84)	39 (79.59)	46 (83.64)
Age	Mean (SD)	47.59 (11.11)	46.31 (10.71)	49.40 (10.07)	0.2998
Course	Mean (SD)	28.27 (37.61)	32.42 (37.08)	21.05 (16.62)	0.1123