Research Article

Disease Activity in Psoriatic Arthritis: Comparison of the Discriminative Capacity and Construct Validity of Six Composite Indices in a Real World

Table 1

Demographic, clinical, and laboratory data of study population.

MeanSDMedian25–75 P

Demographic data
 Age (yrs)51.5511.6151.0042.50–59.00
 Gender (M/F)
 Duration psoriatic arthritis (yrs)7.484.966.003.00–11.00
 Duration of psoriasis (yrs)13.876.9812.007.00–16.00
Acute phase reactants
 ESR (mm/h)27.5028.4822.0013.00–34.00
 CRP (m/dL)4.427.061.550.54–4.88
Enthesis/dactylitis counts
 Leeds Enthesitis Index (range 0–6)1.021.241.000.00–1.50
 Dactylitis count (range 0–20)1.041.071.000.00–2.00
Skin
 Psoriasis area and severity index (score 0–72)5.604.934.301.80–8.40
Peripheral joint counts
 28 tender joint count4.464.454.000.00–8.00
 28 swollen joint count2.022.242.000.00–4.00
 68 tender joint count6.065.974.500.50–11.00
 66 swollen joint count2.802.992.000.00–5.00
Patient/physician NRS scores
 Pain (0–10)35.4624.9640.0010.00–55.00
 Fatigue (0–10)32.8224.3735.0010.00–55.00
 PtGA (0–10)4.103.044.01.0–6.5
 EGA (0–10)3.562.554.01.0–6.0
 GH (0–100)36.5821.744.00–100
Health-related quality of life and function
 SF36 PCS40.479.0839.8733.43–47.92
 SF36 MCS42.0011.4040.5132.87–51.04
 DLQI (0–30)9.227.027.003.00–16.00
 HAQ (0–3)0.920.620.870.36–1.50
Composite activity indices
 DAS28-CRP3.171.593.591.44–4.46
 DAS28-ESR2.731.483.131.11–3.99
 SDAI19.6917.0721.003.14–30.94
 CPDAI6.524.495.003.00–11.00
 DAPSA20.6217.6422.053.45–32.40
 PASDAS3.931.784.212.18–5.49

ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP: C-reactive protein; PtGA: disease activity patient’s assessment; EGA: disease activity evaluator’s assessment; GH: global health status; SF36 PCS: physical component summary score of the Medical Outcome Survey Short Form-36; SF36MCS: mental component summary score of the Medical Outcome Survey Short Form-36; DLQI: Dermatology Life Quality Index; HAQ: Health Assessment Questionnaire; DAS28: 28-Disease Activity Score; SDAI: Simplified Disease Activity Index; CPDAI: Composite Psoriatic Disease Activity Index; DAPSA: disease activity in psoriatic arthritis; PASDAS: Psoriatic Arthritis Disease Activity Score.