Impact of oral contraceptives and breastfeeding on disease activity in a sample of Egyptian rheumatoid arthritis patients

Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Table 2 Clinical manifestations of current, past, and non-oral contraceptives users

	Mean rank	P value
Morning stiffness
Current users vs past users	35.00 vs 46.00	p < *0.05*
Past users vs non-users	33.00 vs 45.50	p < *0.05*
Current users vs non-users	30.00 vs 51.00	p < *0.001*
Arthritis
Current users vs past users	36.50 vs 44.50	p = 0.072
Past users vs non-users	35.50 vs 44.50	p < *0.05*
Current users vs non-users	32.50 vs 48.50	p < *0.001*
Extra-articular manifestations
Current users vs past users	40.00 vs 41.00	p = 0.823
Past users vs non-users	39.00 vs 42.00	p = 0.504
Current users vs non-users	39.50 vs 41.50	p = 0.656