Table 2 |
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Comparison of characteristics of patients with successful and unsuccessful transfer of care |
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Successful Transfer (n = 48) |
Unsuccessful transfer (n = 52) |
P-values |
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JIA category |
0.18 |
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Systemic Arthritis |
6 |
1 |
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ERA |
12 |
18 |
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Oligoarthritis |
7 |
14 |
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Polyarthritis |
13 |
10 |
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Psoriatic |
4 |
3 |
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Undifferentiated |
6 |
6 |
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Uveitis (n, %) |
8 (17.0%) |
9 (17.0%) |
0.99 |
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Age at diagnosis (mean, year) |
9.27 |
10.35 |
0.26 |
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Use of DMARDs (n, %) |
27 (57.4%) |
31 (58.5%) |
0.92 |
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AJC (n, %) |
0.02 |
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0 joints |
24(51.1%) |
39 (73.6%) |
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> = 1 joints |
23 (48.9%) |
14 (26.4%) |
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Gender |
0.08 |
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Female (n, %) |
36 (76.6%) |
32 (60.4%) |
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Male (n, %) |
11 (23.4%) |
21 (39.6%) |
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Educational attainment |
0.25 |
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Education on track with peers* (n, %) |
28/43 (65.1%) |
38/48 (79.2%) |
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Not on track |
15/43 (34.9%) |
10/48 (20.8%) |
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*Missing information in 9 subjects DMARD- Disease modifying Agent of Rheumatic Disease AJC- Active Joint Count n- number %- per cent |
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Hazel et al. Pediatric Rheumatology 2010 8:2 doi:10.1186/1546-0096-8-2 |
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