Table 1 Subject characteristics
From: Influence of Inflammatory Polyarthritis on Quantitative Heel Ultrasound Measurements
Variable | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IP | Non-IP | IP | Non-IP | |||
N = 52 | N = 104 | N = 87 | N = 174 | |||
mean (SD) | mean (SD) | p value | mean (SD) | mean (SD) | p value | |
Age at interview (years) | 65.7 (8.1) | 61.7 (9.0) | ||||
Body mass index at baseline (kg/m2) | 26.9 (3.4) | 26.6 (3.4) | 0.68 | 26.9 (4.3) | 25.6 (4.0) | 0.02 |
% | % | % | % | |||
Steroid tablets/injections for at least 3 months | 5.8 | 4.8 | 0.80 | 17.2 | 1.7 | <0.001 |