Bedtime Single-Dose Prednisolone in Clinically Stable Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Table 1

Characteristics of the patients at initiation of study.

Age (year) (mean ± SD)	20–67 (46 ± 11.09)
Female/male	51/9
Duration of disease (year) (mean ± SD)	1–40 (7.1 ± 7.5)
Number of involved joints (mean ± SD)	0–8 (4.1 ± 1.78)
Mean of fatigue score	2–8 (4.6 ± 1.90)
Mean of pain score	0–2 (1.18 ± 0.46)
Mean of morning stiffness score	1–3 (1.91 ± 0.67)
Mean of ESR	3–60 (24.11 ± 14.01)
Mean of CRP	6–24 (11.37 ± 8.31)
Mean of CDAI	4–9 (6.56 ± 1.35)
Mean of prednisolone dose	5–7.5 (5.125 ± 0.549)

CDAI: Clinical Disease Activity Indices, ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate, CRP: C-reactive protein.