Table 1

Patient demographics and baseline characteristics for all tofacitinib-treated patients (all tofacitinib cohort) in completed studies in the RA, PsO and PsA development programmes, stratified by average tofacitinib dose*

RAPsOPsA
Average tofacitinib 5 mg
twice daily
(N=3969)
Average tofacitinib 10 mg twice daily
(N=3995)
Average tofacitinib 5 mg
twice daily
(N=920)
Average tofacitinib 10 mg twice daily
(N=2743)
Average tofacitinib 5 mg
twice daily
(N=458)
Average tofacitinib 10 mg twice daily
(N=325)
Age (years), mean (SD)53.3 (12.4)52.0 (11.6)45.5 (13.3)44.5 (12.7)49.2 (11.9)48.0 (12.2)
≥65 years of age, n (%)722 (18.2)548 (13.7)71 (7.7)149 (5.4)42 (9.2)30 (9.2)
≥50 years of age, n (%)2606 (65.7)2481 (62.1)386 (42.0)1015 (37.0)238 (52.0)160 (49.2)
Female, n (%)3236 (81.5)3286 (82.3)323 (35.1)794 (28.9)258 (56.3)170 (52.3)
Race, n (%)
 White2417 (60.9)2753 (68.9)794 (86.3)2341 (85.3)434 (94.8)305 (93.8)
 Black121 (3.0)131 (3.3)27 (2.9)51 (1.9)0 (0)3 (0.9)
 Asian1126 (28.4)686 (17.2)42 (4.6)207 (7.5)11 (2.4)12 (3.7)
 Other/unknown305 (7.7)425 (10.6)57 (6.2)144 (5.2)13 (2.8)5 (1.5)
BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) (N1)26.7 (6.2) (3961)27.5 (6.5) (3993)29.7 (6.5) (919)29.9 (6.8) (2740)29.5 (5.9) (458)29.8 (6.2) (325)
BMI ≥30 kg/m2, n (%) (N1)982 (24.8) (3961)1156 (29.0) (3993)384 (41.8) (919)1160 (42.3) (2740)196 (42.8) (458)137 (42.2) (325)
Smoking status, n (%)
 Never smoked2522 (63.5)2474 (61.9)353 (38.4)1059 (38.6)289 (63.1)196 (60.3)
 Smoker648 (16.3)718 (18.0)365 (39.7)1015 (37.0)92 (20.1)48 (14.8)
 Ex-smoker689 (17.4)699 (17.5)202 (22.0)669 (24.4)77 (16.8)81 (24.9)
 Unknown110 (2.8)104 (2.6)0000
Comorbidities, n (%)
 Diabetes365 (9.2)286 (7.2)128 (13.9)371 (13.5)61 (13.3)46 (14.2)
 Hypertension1405 (35.4)1413 (35.4)219 (23.8)595 (21.7)180 (39.3)119 (36.6)
 Coronary heart disease13 (0.3)17 (0.4)24 (2.6)66 (2.4)23 (5.0)16 (4.9)
 Myocardial infarction50 (1.3)50 (1.3)8 (0.9)24 (0.9)6 (1.3)9 (2.8)
History of hyperlipidemia, n (%)740 (18.6)794 (19.9)220 (23.9)641 (23.4)94 (20.5)73 (22.5)
Previous heart failure, n (%)28 (0.7)14 (0.4)07 (0.3)03 (0.9)
Previous VTE (DVT or PE), n (%)40 (1.0)48 (1.2)2 (0.2)9 (0.3)3 (0.7)7 (2.2)
CRP >2.87 mg/L, n (%) (N1)3158 (80.2) (3939)3188 (80.5) (3958)378 (47.0) (804)1119 (48.7) (2297)288 (62.9) (458)198 (60.9) (325)
Concomitant medication, n (%)
 Steroids2070 (52.2)2184 (54.7)0†0†109 (23.8)62 (19.1)
 Anticoagulants316 (8.0)344 (8.6)75 (8.2)188 (6.9)34 (7.4)‡34 (10.5)‡
 Antiplatelet agents280 (7.1)339 (8.5)78 (8.5)194 (7.1)31 (6.8)‡23 (7.1)‡
 OCT or HRT‡347 (8.7)334 (8.4)75 (0.2)186 (6.8)40 (8.7)37 (11.4)
 Antidepressants‡278 (7.0)367 (9.2)54 (5.9)132 (4.8)56 (12.2)37 (11.4)
 Statins‡182 (4.6)438 (11.0)127 (13.8)360 (13.1)58 (12.7)42 (12.9)
 Aspirin246 (6.2)305 (7.6)70 (7.6)172 (6.3)28 (6.1)‡22 (6.8)‡
Prior MTX use, n (%)3610 (91.0)3047 (76.3)276 (30.0)881 (32.1)432 (94.3)293 (90.2)
Prior csDMARD use (other than MTX), n (%)1655 (41.7)2084 (52.2)83 (9.0)307 (11.2)205 (44.8)165 (50.8)
Prior TNFi use, n (%)463 (11.7)782 (19.6)140 (15.2)440 (16.0)190 (41.5)187 (57.5)
Prior non-TNFi bDMARD use, n (%)177 (4.5)237 (5.9)53 (5.8)161 (5.9)24 (5.2)22 (6.8)
  • *Patients were assigned to average tofacitinib 5 or 10 mg twice daily if the average total daily dose over the course of observation was <15 or ≥15 mg, respectively.

  • †Concomitant steroids were not allowed in PsO trials.

  • ‡Day 1 use.

  • bDMARD, biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug; BMI, body mass index; CRP, C-reactive protein; csDMARD, conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug; DVT, deep vein thrombosis; HRT, hormone replacement therapy; MTX, methotrexate; n, number of patients with characteristic; N1, total number of patients for that characteristic; N, total number of patients; OCT, oral contraceptives; PE, pulmonary embolism; PsA, psoriatic arthritis; PsO, psoriasis; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; SD, standard deviation; TNFi, tumour necrosis factor inhibitor; VTE, venous thromboembolism (DVT or PE).