Comparison of common clinical disease activity indices in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA), according to sex, disease duration, and age.
| Men, n = 31 | Women, n = 42 | p | Long Duration, > 9 Yrs, n = 33 | Short Duration, ≤ 9 Yrs, n = 36 | p | > 52 Yrs Old, n = 34 | ≤ 52 Yrs Old, n = 39 | p | |
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| CPDAI ± SD | 3.97 ± 3.3 | 6.13 ± 3.45 | 0.01 | 5.47 ± 3.86 | 4.92 ± 3.34 | 0.54 | 5.44 ± 3.78 | 4.95 ± 3.34 | 0.57 |
| DAPSA ± SD | 11.09 ± 14.15 | 17.92 ± 14.83 | 0.08 | 15.6 ± 17.48 | 15.28 ± 13.16 | 0.94 | 16.57 ± 17.6 | 14.09 ± 12.18 | 0.52 |
| MDA (%) | 15 (48.4) | 11 (26.2) | 0.08 | 11 (33.3) | 13 (36.1) | 1 | 11 (32.3) | 15 (38.5) | 0.63 |
CPDAI: Composite Psoriatic Disease Activity Index; MDA: minimal disease activity; DAPSA: Disease Activity Index for Psoriatic Arthritis.