Table 2 Relationships between clinical characteristics and CT findings
No of joints with CT erosionNo of joints with CT intraosseous tophus
Disease durationr  =  0.095r  =  0.065
p = 0.69p = 0.79
No of subcutaneous tophir  =  0.71r  =  0.80
p<0.001p<0.001
Serum urater  =  0.44r  =  0.49
p = 0.055p = 0.028
C-reactive proteinr  =  0.63r  =  0.50
p<0.001p = 0.024
Dominant hand grip strengthr  =  −0.83r  =  −0.86
p<0.001p<0.001

  • Values represent Spearman correlations for all patients in the study (n  =  20). CT, computed tomography.