Women n = 51 | Men n = 49 | p-value | |
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Age (years) | 58 (20) | 66 (14) | 0.008 |
Disease duration (years) | 5 (8) | 5 (9) | 0.590 |
RF positive, n (%) | 44 (86) | 34 (69) | 0.042 |
DAS28 | 2.65 (1.31) | 2.52 (1.55) | 0.450 |
HAQ1 | 0.50 (0.88) | 0.25 (0.84) | 0.038 |
Grip force right, N | 117 (89) | 241 (158) | < 0.001 |
Grip force left, N | 104 (105) | 245 (131) | < 0.001 |
Grip force mean right + left, N | 126 (84) | 238 (146) | < 0.001 |
SOFI hands | 1.0 (2.0) | 1.0 (3.0) | 0.663 |
SOFI arms | 0 (1.0) | 0 (2.0) | 0.303 |
SOFI legs | 1.9 (3.0) | 1.3 (2.7) | 0.283 |
SOFI index | 0 (3.0) | 0 (2.0) | 0.277 |
cDMARDs, n (%) | 24 (47) | 31 (63) | 0.103 |
bDMARDs, n (%) | 27 (53) | 18 (37) |