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Table 1 Treatments in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) patients with abnormal and normal cervical cytology

From: Lower genital tract infections in young female juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients

Variables

Abnormal cervical cytology (n = 8)

Normal cervical cytology (n = 25)

p

Treatment

 Prednisone, current use

2 (25)

4 (16)

0.616

  Current dose, mg/day

6.3 (5–7.5)

5 (5–9)

0.800

  Cumulative dose, grams

2 (0–137.7)

10 (0–61.2)

0.785

 Methotrexate, current use

1 (12)

11 (44)

0.206

  Current dose, mg/week

15 (15–15)

20 (10–25)

0.383

  Cumulative dose, grams

1.7 (0–16.7)

6.3 (0.3–20.5)

0.034

 Biologic agents, current or previous use

3 (37)

16 (64)

0.238

  Etanercept

1 (12)

6 (24)

0.652

  Adalimumab

0 (0)

2 (8)

1.000

  Golimumab

0 (0)

1 (4)

1.000

  Certolizumab

0 (0)

1 (4)

1.000

  Infliximab

1 (12)

0 (0)

0.242

  Tocilizumab

1 (12)

4 (16)

1.000

  Abatacept

0 (0)

2 (8)

1.000

  1. Values expressed as n (%) or median (minimum - maximum value)