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Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Table 1 Descriptive demographic data of the studied groups

From: Interleukin-37 as an anti-inflammatory cytokine: does its relation to disease activity suggest its potential role in rheumatoid arthritis therapy?

Variables

RA patients

PKOA

Control

P

Age (years)

   

< 0.001*

P1< 0.001*

P2 = 0.38

P3< 0.001*

 Range

20–50

52–65

39–58

 Mean ± SD

40.24 ± 8.62

56.69 ± 4.21

41.75 ± 7.38

Sex M/F

16/34

22/28

13/27

0.4

  1. RA rheumatoid arthritis, PKOA primary knee osteoarthritis, SD standard deviation, M male, F female, P ≤ 0.05*significant difference, P > 0.05 non-significant, P1 difference between RA and PKOA patients regarding the mean age, P2 difference between RA patients and healthy control groups regarding the mean age, P3 difference between PKOA patients and healthy control groups regarding the mean age
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