Table 3.

EULAR response (good and/or moderate) at 12 months, stratified according to smoking status and disease duration. P values are within the smoking categories, stratified according to disease duration, each group being compared individually. The significance level is p < 0.05.

	Patients with EULAR Response at 3 mo, %				Patients with EULAR Response at 6 mo, %				Patients with EULAR Response at 12 mo, %
Disease Duration	Smokers	Previous Smokers	Never-Smokers	p	Smokers	Previous Smokers	Never-Smokers	p	Smokers	Previous Smokers	Never-Smokers	p
≤ 12 wks, n = 180	60	80	80	0.03	54	79	78	0.01	78	81	84	0.72
13 −24 wks, n = 604	64	73	75	0.09	62	71	74	0.07	72	85	84	0.01
25–52 wks, n = 803	62	66	70	0.18	62	64	69	0.22	71	77	77	0.25