showed a trendp = 0.076
Comparison of the histological grade of synovitis 30 between hand and knee RA showed a trend towards a higher synovitis score in RA hands (mean: 5.25 ± 1.78) compared to RA knees (mean: 4.31 ± 1.78; difference −0.94 ± 0.52, p = 0.076), as previously seen 17 (Fig. 1a ).