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Table 5 Association between clinical characteristics and presence of synovitis

From: Are ultrasound features at the first metatarsophalangeal joint associated with clinically-assessed pain and function? A study of people with gout, asymptomatic hyperuricaemia and normouricaemia

 

Least squares mean

Diff.

95% CI for Diff.

P

 

Present

Absent

Lower

Upper

1st MTP joint Pain VAS, mm

5.7

5.7

0.0

−6.7

6.8

0.99

Manchester Foot Pain and Disability Index

8.4

5.8

−2.7

−6.9

1.6

0.21

1st MTP joint range of motion, °

66.3

71

4.7

−2.5

12.0

0.20

1st MTP joint temperature, °C

26.8

26.2

−0.6

−1.4

0.2

0.13

Walking velocity, m/s

0.94

1.01

0.07

−0.06

0.19

0.29

  1. Results are presented adjusted for diagnostic group. Diff. Difference in mean estimate between presence and absence, CI Confidence Interval, 1st MTP joint first metatarsophalangeal joint, o degrees