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Table 1

From: Is it worth allowing the presence of morning stiffness in the definition of inactive disease in juvenile idiopathic arthritis?

 

Patients meeting 2004 ID criteria

 
 

Patients meeting 2011 ID criteria

  
 

No MS

N = 390

MS ≤ 15 min

N = 41

MS > 15 min

N = 29

p-value

Median (IQR) disease duration

3.8 (1.8; 7.3)

2.8 (1.4; 6)

5.7 (2.6; 7.9)

0.30

Functional ability (JAFS score) >0, N (%)

64 (16.4)

18 (43.9)

23 (79.3)

< 0.001

Physical health (PRQL PhS) >0, N (%)

173 (44.4)

32 (78)

28 (96.6)

< 0.001

Psychosocial health (PRQL PhS) >0, N (%)

188 (48.2)

29 (70.7)

24 (82.8)

< 0.001

VAS well-being >0, N (%)

155 (40.4)

32 (82.1)

28 (100)

< 0.001

VAS pain >0, N (%)

102 (26.8)

28 (68.3)

21 (87.5)

< 0.001

Acceptable symptom state, N (%)

366 (95.6)

33 (80.5)

16 (57.1)

< 0.001

  1. MS: morning stiffness; IQR: interquartile range