Research Article
Association of Cytokine IL-17, IL-4, IL-6, and IL-12 Gene Polymorphisms in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Bangladesh
Table 2
Rheumatoid arthritis patients’ clinical and laboratory characteristics (
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| | Characteristics | Cases () |
| | Age (years), (range) | (20-50) | | Gender | | | Male | 9 (22.5%) | | Female | 31 (77.5%) | | Male : female | 1 : 3.4 | | Disease duration (months) | | | Number of tender joints, mean (range) | 12.17 (0-28) | | Number of swollen joints | 3.10 (0-14) | | ESR (mm in the 1st hour) | 41.17 (5-120) | | CRP (mg/l) | 14.40 (0.75-71.9) | | RF (IU/ml) | 163.90 (9.39-615) | | Anti-CCP (U/ml) | 138.75 (0.7-422) | | DAS28, | | | DAS28, (%) | | | Remission (≤2.6) | 3 (7.5%) | | Low (2.6-≤3.2) | 8 (20%) | | Moderate (3.2-≤5.1) | 18 (45%) | | Severe (>5.1) | 11 (27.5%) | | HAQ, | | | HAQ, (%) | | | Mild disability | 26 (65%) | | Moderate disability | 10 (25%) | | Severe disability | 4 (10%) | | RF positive patients, (%) | 36 (90%) | | RF negative patients, (%) | 4 (10%) | | Anti-CCP-positive patients, (%) | 37 (92.5%) | | Anti-CCP-negative patients, (%) | 3 (7.5%) |
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