Table 3 Association between peri-articular subclinical ultrasound shoulder joint lesions in RA patients and their demographic, clinical and treatment parameters
Rheumatoid patients | RA patients (80) | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
With periarticular lesions, N (%) | Without peri-articular lesions, N (%) | χ2 | |||
Sex | Female | 41 (70.7) | 17 (29.3) | 58 | 0.54 |
Male | 14 (63.6) | 8 (36.4) | 22 | ||
Occupation | Non manual worker | 8 | 6 | 14 | 0.3 |
Manual worker | 47 | 16 | 66 | ||
Co-morbidity | Yes | 14 (93.3) | 1 (6.7) | 15 | 0.04* |
No | 41 (63.1) | 24 (36.9) | 65 | ||
RF | + ve | 45 (72.5) | 17 (27.5) | 62 | 0.27 |
− ve | 10 (55.5) | 8 (44.5) | 18 | ||
Anti-CCP | + ve | 36 (70.5) | 15 (29.5) | 51 | 0.82 |
− ve | 19 (65.5) | 10 (34.5) | 29 | ||
NSAID | Yes | 28 (68.3) | 13 (31.7) | 41 | 0.9 |
No | 27 (69.2) | 12 (30.8) | 39 | ||
Steroid | Yes | 51 (69) | 23 (31) | 74 | 0.73 |
No | 4 (66.6) | 2 (33.4) | 6 | ||
Age (years) | Mean ± SD | 49 ± 9 | 29 ± 8.5 | U | 0.001* |
ESR | Mean ± SD | 36 ± 23 | 34 ± 17 | U | 0.95 |
Disease duration (years) | Mean ± SD | 4 ± 1.5 | 2.2 ± 1.2 | U | 0.001* |
CRP | Mean ± SD | 7.6 ± 4.2 | 7.8 ± 3.6 | U | 0.6 |
DAS-28 | Mild | 4 (40) | 6 (60) | 10 | 0.054 |
Moderate | 44 (75.8) | 14 (24.2) | 58 | ||
Severe | 7 (58.4) | 5 (41.6) | 12 | ||