Research Article
Decreased PERP Expression on Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells from Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis Negatively Correlates with Disease Activity
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and healthy control (HC) subjects.
| | | RA patients () | HCs () |
| | Age, mean (range) years | 45.3 (23–76) | 43.8 (28–63) | | Male : female | 5 : 35 | 8 : 32 | | Rheumatoid factor (RF) (IU/mL) | 362.1 (22.6–1560) | 21.34 (19.3–43.8) | | DAS28 mean (range) score | 4.05 (1.05–6.59) | — | | C-reactive protein (CRP) (mg/L) | 27.1 (0.3–90.6) | — | | Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) | 26.9 (1.25–90.9) | — | | Disease duration, mean (range) months | 28.4 (2–136) | — |
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DAS28: disease activity score 28.
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