Table 1

Baseline participant characteristics

OverallControlsOverall IMIDsRAIBDSpAOther IMIDsPsoriasis
Number of participants (n)1909115275722617814212289
Age mean (SD)45.4 (15.2)41.8 (13.5)50.9 (16.1)59.3 (13.8)40.6 (14.2)49.8 (13.8)52.2 (16.9)50.1 (15.2)
Male
n (%)
1080
(56.6)
744
(64.6)
336
(44.4)
62
(27.4)
86
(48.3)
81
(57.0)
52
(42.6)
55
(61.8)
Female
n (%)
824
(43.2)
406
(35.2)
418
(55.2)
163
(72.1)
92
(51.7)
61
(43.0)
69
(56.6)
33
(37.1)
csDMARDs
n (%)
328
(17.2)
̶217
(28.7)
116
(51.3)
7
(3.9)
35
(24.6)
47
(38.5)
12
(13.5)
bDMARDs
n (%)
542
(28.4)
̶438
(57.9)
86
(38.1)
162
(91.0)
96
(67.6)
42
(34.4)
52
(58.4)
tsDMARDs
n (%)
17
(0.9)
̶17
(2.2)
14
(6.2)
0
(0.0)
1
(0.7)
1
(0.8)
1
(1.1)
Glucocorticoids
n (%)
141
(7.4)
̶141
(18.6)
54
(23.9)
23
(12.9)
12
(8.5)
48
(39.3)
4
(4.5)
  • Data are presented as mean with SD or absolute number (n) with proportion (%).

  • bDMARDs, biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs; csDMARDs, conventional synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs; IBD, inflammatory bowel disease; IMIDs, immune-mediated inflammatory diseases; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; SpA, spondyloarthritis; tsDMARDs, target synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs.