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Table 1 HF evaluation in controls, patients in remission and patients with disease activity

From: Patient and physician perspectives of hand function in a cohort of rheumatoid arthritis patients: the impact of disease activity

Variablesa

Controls (N = 69)

Patients in remission (N = 91)

Patients with disease activity (N = 48)

MHQ

98.9 (95.5–100)

92.5 (83.3–97.7)*

65 (54.5–82.4)*

DASH

0 (0–1)

0.8 (0–6.7)

22.5 (5.4–41.5)*

Grip strengthb

22.3 (19.1–26.5)

18.7 (13.7–23)*

10.7 (7.5–15.3)*

Tip pinchb

4.5 (3.9–5.4)

3.8 (3.2–4.5)*

3 (2.2–3.3)*

Key pinchb

7.1 (6–8)

6.3 (5.3–7.3)

4.8 (3.7–5.8)*

Palmar pinchb

6 (4.9–7)

5 (4–6.2)*

3.7 (2.5–4.6)*

  1. MHQ Michigan hand outcome questionnaire, DASH Disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand outcome measure
  2. *p ≤ 0.005 vs. controls
  3. aData are presented as the median (Q25-Q75)
  4. bKg