Table 2.

Demographic and health status variables for patients included in the PASS/MCII cutpoint analyses. Mean (SD) for continuous variables, percentages for counts.

RA (n = 2898 for PASS & MCII)PsA (n = 850 for PASS & MCII)AS (n = 477 for PASS & MCII)
Demographic variables
  Age, yrs54.6 (13.4)48.3 (12.2)43.0 (10.2)
  Female72.747.331.2
  Disease duration, yrs8.0 (9.6)7.1 (8.6)12.2 (10.0)
Health Status
  MeasuresBaseline3 monthsBaseline3 monthsBaseline3 months
  PASS37.757.730.954.228.662.3
  MCII57.350.068.8
  EQ-5D0.46 (0.31)0.59 (0.28)0.49 (0.29)0.61 (0.28)0.39 (0.33)0.60 (0.34)
  SF-6D0.59 (0.12)0.65 (0.13)0.60 (0.12)0.66 (0.13)0.58 (0.11)0.68 (0.14)
  Patient global VAS51.8 (24.0)37.8 (24.4)51.5 (21.6)37.8 (23.1)57.7 (22.9)33.0 (25.1)
Pain VAS48.7 (24.2)35.5 (24.1)48.4 (22.2)35.0 (22.6)53.6 (22.9)29.8 (24.2)
MHAQ0.72 (0.51)0.52 (0.47)0.63 (0.44)0.47 (0.42)0.67 (0.45)0.40 (0.42)
  • PASS: Patient Acceptable Symptom State; MCII: Minimal Clinically Important Improvement; RA: rheumatoid arthritis; PsA: psoriatic arthritis; AS: ankylosing spondylitis; MHAQ: Modified Health Assessment Questionnaire; VAS: visual analog scale; EQ-5D: EuroQol-5 Dimensions; SF-6D: Short-Form-6 Dimensions.