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Table 2 Participant characteristics

From: Patient experiences, attitudes and expectations towards receiving information about anti-TNF medication – “It could give me two heads and I’d still try it!”

Pseudonym

Age (years)

Time since RA diagnosis (years)

Current anti-TNF agent

Time since commenced anti-TNF (years)

Pre-therapy DAS28 score

Male group:

Robert

85

21

Etanercept

4

8.47

Steve

47

17

Etanercept

9

5.75

Jim

57

18

Etanercept

1

6.20

Bob

79

21

Adalimumab

7

5.57

Terry

46

11

Adalimumab

2

6.90

Female group:

     

Katherine

64

5

Adalimumab

2

7.08

Helen

62

10

Adalimumab

8

6.07

Val

64

26

Adalimumab

7

7.94

Claire

63

15

Etanercept

6

5.92

Sally

67

21

Etanercept

4

6.53