Table 1: RA baseline characteristics.

Age

Yrs RA

CCP

CCP3

RF

DAS-esr

DAS-crp

Jt Temp

IFN level

56
(11.8)

12
(8.8)

148
(288)

663
(848)

 62
(73)

4.8
(1.2)

6.2
(1.3)

97.2
(0.1)

1.57*
(2.0)

 

False positive QFT RA patient characteristics.

Results listed are average values (s.d.). Joint temperature is dermal skin measurement over the left wrist. 13

*p < 0.02 correlation between CCP and IFN level, and p < 0.02 for CCP3 and IFN level.