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Table 3 Patient’s clinical symptoms under colchicine therapy

From: A survey of resistance to colchicine treatment for French patients with familial Mediterranean fever

Symptoms

Population n (%)

Group Ia

n (%)

Group IIb

n (%)

p value ¥

Data available

46 (90%)

24 (86%)

22 (96%)

 

Fever

40 (87%)

20 (82%)

20 (91%)

0.446

Abdominal pain

37 (80%)

19 (79%)

18 (82%)

0.821

Arthralgia

21 (46%)

11 (46%)

10 (46%)

0.979

Asthenia

13 (28%)

5 (21%)

8 (36%)

0.243

Myalgia

10 (22%)

2 (8%)

8 (36%)

0.021

Thoracic pain

9 (20%)

4 (17%)

5 (23%)

0.605

Diarrhoea

9 (20%)

2 (8%)

7 (32%)

0.045

Amyloidosis

9 (20%)

9 (38%)

0 (0%)

0.001

Skin rash

8 (17%)

2 (8%)

6 (27%)

0.090

Arthritis

7 (15%)

5 (21%)

2 (9%)

0.268

Peritonitis

6 (13%)

3 (13%)

3 (14%)

0.909

Vomiting

5 (11%)

4 (17%)

1 (5%)

0.187

Headache

5 (11%)

1 (4%)

4 (18%)

0.127

  1. ¥chi square test
  2. aGroup I: Adult care setting
  3. bGroup II: Pediatric care setting