Clinical Characteristics in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Differences between Genders

Table 2

Markers of disease activity.

	Men (N = 50)	Women (N = 50)	p
Physician assessment	2		0.047
VAS pain	3		N.S
Painful joint count	3		≤0.001
Swollen joint count	2		≤0.001
ESR (mm/h)	23.2		0.046
CRP (mg/L)	13.0		N.S
PHQ-9			N.S
DAS-28			0.011
(i) Remission			NS
(ii) Low activity			NS
(iii) Moderate Activity			NS
(iv) High activity			≤0.001
HAQ-DI			≤0.001
(i) Functional disability			0.005
(ii) Severe disability			0.002

N.S: nonsignificant.