Table 1.

Demographic data of patients with PsA. Data are n (%) unless otherwise indicated.

Age, yrs*, mean (± SD)59.5 (13.5)
Duration PsA, yrs*, mean (± SD)20.4 (11.1)
Duration PsO, yrs*, mean (± SD)31.1 (16.4)
BMI*, mean (± SD)27.7 (5.1)
Male234 (50.4)
Destructive/deforming disease233 (50.7)
bDMARD (ever)57 (12.4)
sDMARD (ever)312 (67.2)
Fulfilling CASPAR criteria418 (90.3)
Exclusive DIP joint disease according to Moll and Wright**3 (0.6)
Mono/oligoarthritis according to Moll and Wright**214 (46.1)
Polyarthritis, including arthritis mutilans (n = 8), according to Moll and Wright**197 (42.5)
Axial disease without peripheral joint involvement33 (7.1)
Axial and peripheral joint involvement46 (9.9)
Smoker (ever)248 (55.0)
Smoker (current) *69 (15.3)
Hypertension*205 (44.5)
Hyperlipidemia*71 (15.4)
Diabetes*58 (12.6)
  • * At the end of the study (2011) or death.

  • ** 1973 Moll and Wright criteria for PsA. PsA: psoriatic arthritis; PsO: psoriasis; BMI: body mass index; DAI: disease activity index; DMARD: disease-modifying antirheumatic drug; bDMARD: biological DMARD; sDMARD: synthetic DMARD; NSAID: nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug; CASPAR: ClASsification for Psoriatic ARthritis (criteria); DIP: distal interphalangeal.