JIA JIA adults RA
Patients n=30 20 5 5
Female/male 16/4 5/0 4/1
Mean age (yr) 11 (6-17) 40 (31-53) 60 (29-82)
Rheumatoid disease duration (years) 4.7 (0.3-15) 32.9 (24-37) 17.4 (2-43)
TMJ disease duration (years) 1.8 (0.1-14) 18.9 (12-28) 5.4 (1.5-10)
MIO 26.5 (12-40) 30.4 (22-36) 29.8 (19-38)
Pain VAS (0-10, no pain-pain cannot be worse) 4.7 (0-9.7) 5.8 (2.3-9.1) 5.5 (3.6-9.3)
Function VAS (0-10, normal-cannot get worse) 4.2 (0.3-9.8) 5.9 (4.3-7.8) 6 (1.3-9)
Tenderness on palpation TMJ numerical scale (0-10, no pain-pain cannot be worse) 1.5 (0-6) 4.2 (0-8.5) 5.5 (0-9)
Joint samples total n=54 35 9 10
Bilateral samples n=24 15 4 5
Average numbers with range in brackets.
Table 1: Demographic data and characteristics for JIA (juvenile idiopathic arthritis), JIA adults (JIA with progression into adulthood) and RA (rheumatoid arthritis) patients. Of the 30 patients, four had unilateral TMJ arthritis, and in two more patients there was insufficient synovial fluid to perform the sample analysis.
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