Table 3.

Wassenberg score¹⁷ at baseline and at the 5-year followup in 72 patients with early psoriatic arthritis. Data are n (SD), except for Score 0, which are n (%). * indicates significant p values.

	Baseline Scores	5-year Scores	p: Baseline vs 5-year Followup
All patients, n = 72
Total Wassenberg score	2.2 (3.3)	5.3 (8.7)	< 0.001*
Score 0	35 (49)	21 (29)	< 0.001*
Foot score	0.60 (1.3)	1.5 (3.1)	0.002*
Hand score	1.7 (2.7)	3.8 (6.3)	< 0.001*
Erosion score	0.65 (1.6)	1.9 (5.5)	0.012*
Proliferation score	1.6 (2.2)	3.4 (4.2)	< 0.001*
Men, n = 29
Total Wassenberg score	3.2 (4.1)	8.0 (12.0)	0.013*
Score 0	13 (45)	4 (14)	0.03*
Foot score	1.04 (1.8)	2.5 (3.9)	0.014*
Hand score	2.2 (3.2)	5.6 (8.5)	0.013*
Erosion score	1.2 (2.3)	3.4 (8.2)	0.06
Proliferation score	1.9 (2.4)	4.6 (4.9)	0.001*
Women, n = 43
Total Wassenberg score	1.6 (2.5)	3.4 (4.8)	< 0.001*
Score 0	22 (51)	17 (40)	< 0.001*
Foot score	0.28 (0.74)	0.84 (2.1)	0.067
Hand score	1.3 (2.4)	2.6 (3.7)	0.001*
Erosion score	0.30 (0.88)	0.86 (1.7)	0.006*
Proliferation score	1.3 (2.0)	2.6 (3.5)	< 0.001*
p value men vs women
Total Wassenberg score	0.039*	0.027*
Score 0	0.47	0.018*
Foot score	0.016*	0.028*
Hand score	0.16	0.047*
Erosion score	0.025*	0.051
Proliferation score	0.23	0.045*