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Table 2 Comorbidities and extra-articular manifestations of the disease according to the D2T criteria

From: Obesity and fibromyalgia are associated with Difficult-to-Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis (D2T-RA) independent of age and gender

 

D2T-RA (n = 71)

Non D2T-RA (n = 387)

P-value

Hypertension [n (%)]

28 (39.44%)

133 (34.37%)

0.411

Dyslipidemia [n (%)]

26 (36.62%)

118 (30.89%)

0.342

Major Cardiovascular Events [n (%)]

10 (14.08%)

30 (7.75%)

0.087

Obesity [n (%)]

17 (33.33%)

58 (19.21%)

0.021

Diabetes [n (%)]

9 (12.68%)

33 (8.53%)

0.269

Diverticular Disease [n (%)]

7 (9.86%)

21 (5.43%)

0.158

Sjogren Disease [n (%)]

4 (5.63%)

10 (2.58%)

0.181

Thyroid disease [n (%)]

17 (33.33%)

98 (23.94%)

0.805

GERD [n (%)]

13 (18.31%)

47 (12.14%)

0.160

Thrombotic Events [n (%)]

6 (8.45%)

21 (5.43%)

0.324

Malignancies [n (%)]

23 (32.39%)

126 (32.56%)

0.978

Asthma/COPD [n (%)]

10 (14.08%)

54 (13.95%)

0.977

Anxious or Depressive Syndrome [n (%)]

9 (12.68%)

35 (9.04%)

0.342

Osteoporosis

25 (53.19%)

140 (59.07%)

0.456

Fibromyalgia [n (%)]

18 (25.35%)

37 (9.56%)

 < 0.0001

ILD [n (%)]

13 (23.21%)

64 (23.27%)

0.992

Rheumatoid Nodules [n (%)]

5 (7.04%)

12 (3.10%)

0.116

  1. Abbreviations: D2T-RA Difficult To Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis, GERD Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, ILD Interstitial Lung Disease