Table 6 Relationship of rheumatoid factor status to severity and pattern of psoriasis
Positive | Negative | Test | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Severity | N | % | N | % | ||
Mild | 5 | 25 | 15 | 75 | 1.6 | 0.6 |
Moderate | 5 | 26.3 | 14 | 73.7 | ||
Severe | 5 | 45.4 | 6 | 54.6 | ||
Onset | N | % | N | % | ||
Early | 7 | 25.9 | 20 | 74.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
Late | 8 | 34.8 | 15 | 65.2 | ||
Course | N | % | N | % | ||
Progressive | 8 | 23.5 | 26 | 76.5 | 2.1 | 0.1 |
Stationary | 7 | 43.8 | 9 | 56.2 | ||
Site of affection | N | % | N | % | ||
Axial | 5 | 62.5 | 3 | 37.5 | 5.4 | 0.06 |
Peripheral | 5 | 31.3 | 11 | 68.8 | ||
Both | 5 | 19.2 | 21 | 80.8 | ||
Scalp affection | 6 | 20.7 | 23 | 79.3 | 2.8 | 0.09 |
Nail affection | 3 | 20 | 12 | 80 | 2.3 | 0.5 |
Palm affection | 7 | 25 | 21 | 75 | 3.9 | 0.2 |
Dactylitis | 1 | 33.3 | 2 66.7 | 0.01 | 0.6 | |
Kobnerization | 8 | 34.7 | 15 | 65.3 | 0.4 | 05 |