Table 1

Baseline demographic and disease activity data collected from GRACE CRFs

VariablesN or mean (SD)N (data available)
Demographic data
 Age (year)50.8 (13.1)503
 Gender (M/F)286/217503
 Ethnicity: North European (N, %)417 (82.9)503
 Duration Psoriasis (y)18.4 (13.7)478
 Duration psoriatic arthritis (y)9.8 (9.9)502
Acute phase response markers
 CRP (mg/l)12.8 (25.9)410
 ESR (mm/h)19.2 (20.6)429
Spinal metrology
 Bath spinal metrology index, range 0–10 152.3 (1.6)503
Skin and nails
 Psoriasis area and severity index (range 0–72)164.2 (6.5)503
 N (%) of people without active psoriasis102 (20.3)503
 % Body surface area of psoriasis involvement7.7 (11.6)248
 Modified nail psoriasis severity index (range 0–130)176.7 (11.3)503
 N (%) of people without nail involvement249 (49.5)503
Enthesitis counts
N (%) of people with enthesitis244 (49.0)502
▸ Maastricht Enthesitis Score (range 0–13)181.1 (2.3)502
▸ Leeds Enthesitis Index (range 0–6)190.6 (1.1)502
▸ Spondyloarthropathy research consortium of Canada  index (range 0–16)201.3 (2.4)502
▸ A combination of all above points, the TOTAL index, range 0–31)2.5 (4.4)502
Dactylitis
Dactylitis count (0–20)
N (%) of people with dactylitis101 (20.0)502
▸ Tender digits0.3 (1.4)502
▸ All dactylitic digits (tender and non-tender)0.6 (2.0)502
Peripheral joint counts
N (%) of people with peripheral joint involvement374 (75.0)500
▸ 66 swollen joint count3.4 (6.5)500
▸ 68 tender joint count7.2 (10.0)500
Physician VAS scores
▸ Global (0–100)31.3 (23.4)483
▸ Skin (0–100)22.7 (24.3)484
▸ Joints (0–100)27.4 (23.3)482
▸ Patient VAS scores  
▸ Global (0–100)47.2 (28.1)478
▸ Skin (0–100)35.0 (30.7)476
▸ Joints (0–100)47.3 (30.2)478
Health-related quality-of-life and function
 Dermatology life quality index (range 0–30)216.1 (6.8)487
 Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality-of-Life index (range 0–18)227.0 (5.9)466
 Psoriatic arthritis quality-of-life index (range 0–20)236.9 (6.6)460
SF36 (range 0–100)24
▸ Physical functioning57.7 (29.5)494
▸ Role limitation due to physical problems46.9 (42.7)489
▸ Role limitation due to emotional problems59.3 (44.6)486
▸ Social functioning65.2 (28.1)493
▸ Bodily pain50.2 (26.3)489
▸ Mental health66.9 (21.1)489
▸ Vitality51.2 (23.8)490
▸ General health perception48.2 (23.0)485
 Physical component scale of SF36 0–10037.5 (11.2)471
 Mental component scale of SF36 0–10047.0 (11.7)471
Health assessment questionnaire (range 0–3)250.7 (0.7)493
  • CRFs, case report forms; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; GRACE, GRAppa Composite Exercise.