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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of fifteen children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, treated with specific carbohydrate diet for four weeks

From: A pilot study of possible anti-inflammatory effects of the specific carbohydrate diet in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Patient ID

Gender

ILAR categorya

Age at onset, years

Age at inclusion, years

Clinical features at inclusion

Treatment during study

ANAb

HLA-B27c

1

F

Oligo pers

16.0

17.3

Arthritis, one knee

None

Neg

Pos

2

F

ERA

14.0

14.3

Arthralgia + morning stiffness

NSAID

Neg

Pos

3

M

Oligo pers

2.9

9.0

Arthritis, one knee

None

Pos

nad

4

F

Juv psoriatic

13.6

16.7

Morning stiffness

NSAID

Neg

nad

5

F

Poly RF

13.6

16.5

Morning stiffness

Methotrexate

Neg

Neg

6

F

Oligo ext

3.0

13.8

Arthritis, one knee + uveitis

Infliximab

Neg

nad

7

F

Oligo pers

3.2

11.7

Pain + stiffness after physical activity, post uveitis

Abatacept + Methotrexate

Neg

nad

8

F

Poly RF

8.0

10.8

Arthritis, one ankle

Abatacept

Pos

nad

9

M

Poly RF

13.7

17.1

Arthritis, one ankle, one elbow

Methotrexate

Pos

Neg

10

F

Oligo pers

10.8

14.4

Inflammatory back pain

Etanercept + Methotrexate

Neg

Neg

11

F

Oligo pers

5.6

9.5

Morning stiffness, recurrent joint injections

Methotrexate

Pos

nad

12

F

Oligo pers

3.7

11.2

Joint pain after physical activity, post uveitis

Infliximab Methotrexate

Pos

nad

13

M

Oligo pers

1.5

14.6

Arthritis, one knee

Methotrexate

Neg

Neg

14

F

Oligo pers

5.6

6.3

Morning stiffness, pain

Methotrexate

Neg

nad

15

M

ERA

9.4

10.9

Arthritis, one SIe-joint

None

nad

Pos

  1. aILAR, International League of Associations for Rheumatology; oligo pers., oligoarticular persistent; ERA, enthesitis-related arthritis; juv psoriatic, juvenile psoriatic; poly RF, polyarticular rheumatoid factor negative; oligo ext., oligoarticular extended
  2. bANA, antinuclear antibodies
  3. cthe human leukocyte antigen B27
  4. dna, not analysed
  5. eSI, sacroiliac