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Table 1 Baseline demographics

From: Evaluation of two doses of etoricoxib, a COX-2 selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), in the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis in a double-blind, randomized controlled trial

 

Placebo N = 118

Etoricoxib 60 mg N = 818

Etoricoxib 90 mg N = 468

Total N = 1404

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Gender

    

 Female

100 (84.7)

677 (82.8)

395 (84.4)

1172 (83.5)

Age (Years)

    

 Mean (SD)

53.6 (11.0)

53.8 (11.9)

54.0 (12.3)

53.8 (12.0)

 Min-Max Age

27 – 80

18 – 83

19 – 84

18 – 84

Race

    

 White

85 (72.0)

626 (76.5)

348 (74.4)

1059 (75.4)

 Asian

16 (13.6)

93 (11.4)

55 (11.8)

164 (11.7)

 Multi-racial

10 (8.5)

74 (9.0)

42 (9.0)

126 (9.0)

 Black

4 (3.4)

17 (2.1)

12 (2.6)

33 (2.4)

 Other

3 (2.5)

8 (1.0)

11 (2.4)

22 (1.6)

Duration of RA (Years)

    

 Mean (SD)

4.2 (4.3)

5.7 (6.7)

5.8 (6.5)

5.6 (6.5)

ARA Functional Class

    

 Class I

18 (15.3)

138 (16.9)

79 (16.9)

235 (16.7)

 Class II

76 (64.4)

535 (65.4)

314 (67.1)

925 (65.9)

 Class III

24 (20.3)

145 (17.7)

75 (16.0)

244 (17.4)

Biologics User

16 (13.6)

113 (13.8)

64 (13.7)

193 (13.7)

Methotrexate User

43 (36.4)

285 (34.8)

170 (36.3)

498 (35.5)

Low-dose Corticosteroid User

25 (21.2)

208 (25.4)

126 (26.9)

359 (25.6)

DMARD User

56 (47.5)

363 (44.4)

219 (46.8)

638 (45.4)

DMARD or Corticosteroid

61 (51.7)

425 (52.0)

247 (52.8)

733 (52.2)