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Table 1 Study characteristics

From: Cartilage evaluation by ultrasonography in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a scoping review

Author

Year

Country

Study designs

Single or multicenter study

Participants

No. of parents

Age, yr (median)

Sex (%female)

Disease duration, yr (median)

Joints

Aisen et al. [12]

1984

USA

D

S

RA + PsA/OA/others/healthy

2 + 1/7/3/7

48/67/25/31

Knee

Iagnocco et al. [28]

1992

Italy

CS

S

RA/OA/healthy

48/60/30

24–45/52–75/18–63 (range)

63/55/53

Knee

Grassi et al. [18]

1993

Italy

CS

S

RA/healthy

20/20

57/—

70/—

18.5/—

MCP 2 and 3

Østergaard et al. [19]

1995

Denmark

CS

S

RA/others/OA/healthy

10/3/2/5

49 (RA + others)/53/29

4 (RA + others)/8/—

Knee

Lund et al. [20]

1995

USA

CS

S

RA/healthy

29/0

24–74/28–56 (range)

90/50

0.5–2/— (range)

MCP 2–5, wrist

Batalov et al. [13]

2000

Bulgaria

D

S

RA/OA/healthy

30/14/14

36–57/36–73/25–37 (range)

Knee

Möller et al. [29]

2009

Switzerland

CS

S

RA/OA/others/healthy

48/18/24/34

RA (early: 45, persistent: 57)/59/50/42 (median)

75/89/63/68

RA (early: 0.3, persistent: 8)/1/0/— (median)

MCP 2–5, PIP 2–5

Darweesh et al. [21]

2010

India

CS

S

RA/OA

32/10

42/59

75/67

7.8/10.5

Knee

Sanja et al. [22]

2010

Serbia

CS

S

RA/DSD

77/101

61/61

70/63

7.3/—

Shoulder

Filippucci et al. [30]

2010

Italy

CS

S

RA

20

51

80

8.7

MCP 2 and 3

Riente et al. [14]

2010

Italy

CS

M

RA

100

58

79

8.0

Knee

Yücesoy et al. [23]

2011

Turkey

CS

S

RA

30

56

83

Knee

Di Geso et al. [15]

2012

Italy

CS

M

RA

52

62

75

9.7

Hip

Pereira et al. [24]

2014

Brazil

CS

S

RA

60

58

16.4

MCP 1–5

Bisi et al. [25]

2014

Brazil

CS

S

RA

60

58

78

10.0

MCP 2 and 3

Mandl et al. [3]

2015

Austria

CS

M

RA/healthy (cadaver)

35/5

63/78

83/100

10.6/—

MCP 2–5, PIP 2–5

Onodera et al. [31]

2015

Japan

CS

S

RA

15

66

87

MTP 2–5

Luz et al. [11]

2016

Brazil

L

S

RA

48

48

100

0.6

MCP 2 and 3

Mesci et al. [32]

2016

Turkey

CS

S

RA/healthy

40/40

54/51

88/85

6/— (median)

Knee

Sakthiswary et al. [33]

2017

Malaysia

CS

S

RA/healthy

61/27

53/49

90/89

8.8/—

Knee

Sarzi-Puttini et al. [10]

2018

Italy

I

M

RA

66

53

82

1.5 (median)

MCP 2 and 3, most clinically involved MCP

Hurnakova et al. [16]

2019

Italy

CS

M

RA/OA

52/34

58/64

71/79

9/4.7

MCP 2–5

Yang et al. [26]

2019

China

CS

S

RA/healthy

53/30

42/42

83/77

0.9/—

MCP 1–5, PIP 1–5, wrist

Mandl et al. [17]

2019

Austria

CS

M

RA

6

64

67

15

MCP 2–5, PIP 2–5

Abda et al. [27]

2020

Egypt

CS

S

RA

100

45

88

MCP 2 and 3

Ogura et al. [34]

2021

Italy

CS

S

RA/healthy

103/42

65/63 (median)

77/86

5.8/— (median)

MCP 2–5, PIP 2–5

Cipolletta et al. [35]

2020

Japan

CS

S

RA/healthy

20/15

50/56

75/67

10.7/—

MCP 2–5

Cipolletta et al. [36]

2022

Italy

CS

S

RA/healthy

51/40

51/49

73/73

5.8/—

MCP 2–5

Yildirim et al. [37]

2022

Turkey

CS

S

RA/healthy

55/55

47/45

75/75

0.5/—

Knee, ankle

  1. —, data not available; CS, cross-sectional study; D, descriptive study; DSD, degenerative shoulder disease; I, interventional study; L, longitudinal study; M, multicenter study; MCP, metacarpophalangeal; MTP, metatarsophalangeal; OA, osteoarthritis; PIP, proximal interphalangeal; PsA, psoriatic arthritis; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; S, single-center study