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Table 5 Joint activity and body composition measurements in PsA patients

From: Higher bodily adiposity, fat intake, and cholesterol serum levels are associated with higher disease activity in psoriatic arthritis patients: is there a link among fat and skin and joint involvement?

 

DAS28-ESR

Body Composition

Severe (>  5.1)

Moderate (3.2–5.1)

Low (2.6–3.2)

Remission (< 2.6)

ASMI (kg/m2)

17.74a

19.54 a

19.57 a

23.91 b

Total body fat mass (kg)

45.53 a

40.46 ab

37.05 ab

31.78 b

FMI (kg/m2)

14.45 a

12.53 ab

10.22b

9.69b

  1. ASMI Appendicular skeletal muscle mass index, FMI Fat mass index, ANOVA Tukey Test, Same letters in the same line p > 0.05; different letters in the same line p < 0.05
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