Comparative Expression Analyses of Pro- versus Anti-Inflammatory Mediators within Synovium of Patients with Joint Trauma, Osteoarthritis, and Rheumatoid Arthritis

Table 1

Clinical and histological characteristics of patients with joint trauma, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis.

Patients	Control	JT	OA	RA
	()	()	()	()
Age (years)	65 (±16,8)	48 (±17)	72 (±6)	64.9 (±17)
Sex (F/M)	1/4	9/6	5/2	6/4
Disease duration:
≤1 year	5/5	4/9	2/11	—
>1 year	—	5/9	9/11	10/10
Drugs; NSAIDs: (Diclofenac, Ibuprofen, Profenid, Paracetamol, Dipyrone)	5/5	8/9	8/11	8/10
Etoricoxib	NA	1/9	3/11	1/10
Prednisolone (Dexamethasone)	NA	NA	NA	7/10
Lining-layer thickness (cell-layers)	1 (1; 2)	2 (1; 3)	3 (3; 4)	4 (3; 5)
Overall cellularity (cells/mm^2)	47 (44; 49)	124 (97; 138)	269 (220; 285)	387 (358; 474)
Vascularity (vessels)	2 (1; 3)	3 (3; 5)	6 (5; 7)	6 (3; 8)