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Table 1 Patient demographics. Values are mean (SD) unless otherwise indicated

From: Preoperative radiographic and clinical factors associated with postoperative floating of the lesser toes after resection arthroplasty for rheumatoid forefoot deformity

Ā 

Non-floating

Postoperative floating

p value

Age (years)

61.4 (10.1)

62.2 (6.5)

0.76

Sex

ā€ƒMale (%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Ā 

ā€ƒFemale (%)

22 (100%)

25 (100%)

Ā 

BMI

21.3 (4.1)

20.5 (3.2)

0.45

Clinical follow-up (months)

36.0 (29.0)

36.9 (28.0)

0.92

Duration of disease (years)

17.8 (8.9)

22.6 (10.7)

0.12

CRP (mg/dl)

0.52 (1.1)

0.26 (0.2)

0.40

MMP-3 (ng/ml)

130.7 (88.9)

100.4 (82.2)

0.42

DAS28-CRP

3.40 (1.6)

3.27 (1.5)

0.89

bDMARD use (%)

11 (50%)

6 (24%)

0.06

MTX user (%)

15 (68%)

15 (60%)

0.56

PSL user (%)

19 (86%)

15 (60%)

0.13

Total arc of first MTP joint(Ā°)

23.9 (19.2)

26.3 (16.2)

0.35

  1. BMI body mass index, CRP C-reactive protein, MMP-3 matrix metalloproteinase 3, DAS28-CRP disease activity score in 28 joints, bDMARD biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drug, MTX methotrexate, PSL prednisolone, MTP metatarsophalangeal