Table 2.

J-HAQ score progression for each set of remission criteria over 2.5 years.

NBoolean TrialSDAIBoolean PracticeCDAIDAS28
All CasesΔJ-HAQ, Mean (SE)J-HAQ Progression, %All CasesΔJ-HAQ, Mean (SE)J-HAQ Progression, %All CasesΔJ-HAQ, Mean (SE)J-HAQ Progression, %All CasesΔJ-HAQ, Mean (SE)J-HAQ Progression, %All CasesΔJ-HAQ, Mean (SE)J-HAQ Progression, %
02220.11 (0.02)45.5870.13 (0.04)47.12120.10 (0.02)45.31000.12 (0.04)47.0
11300.05 (0.02)30.8970.10 (0.03)47.41230.06 (0.02)31.71020.12 (0.02)47.1630.16 (0.04)57.1
21120.05 (0.04)29.51120.06 (0.03)33.91110.04 (0.04)28.81070.02 (0.03)29.0700.18 (0.05)40.0
31020.06 (0.02)27.51180.04 (0.02)25.4990.05 (0.02)27.31340.04 (0.02)27.61280.07 (0.03)36.7
41020.01 (0.02)19.61250.10 (0.03)32.01000.04 (0.03)24.01170.10 (0.03)31.61610.08 (0.02)34.2
5860.03 (0.02)17.41290.01 (0.02)24.0950.03 (0.02)20.01280.02 (0.02)24.21750.00 (0.02)20.6
6161−0.02 (0.01)6.2247−0.01 (0.01)8.5175−0.01 (0.01)5.7227−0.01 (0.01)7.1318−0.01 (0.01)14.2
  • N: no. data collections in which patients fulfilled remission criteria; ΔJ-HAQ: the value resulting from the subtraction of October 2010 J-HAQ scores from April 2008 J-HAQ scores; J-HAQ: Japanese version of the Health Assessment Questionnaire; SDAI: Simplified Disease Activity Index; CDAI: Clinical Disease Activity Index; DAS28: 28-joint Disease Activity Score; SE: standard error.