Figure 1.
Patients with early RA initiating methotrexate in Swedish, Danish and Norwegian treatment cohorts. Proportion reaching remission at 0, 3, 6 and 12 months according to six outcome definitions. ACR, American Congress of Rheumatology; ARCTIC, Aiming for Remission in rheumatoid arthritis: a randomised trial examining the benefit of ultrasound in a Clinical TIght Control regimen; DANBIO, Danish Registry for Biologic Therapies in Rheumatology; DAS28, Disease Activity Score 28; DRB, Danish Rheumatologic Biobank; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; NOR-VEAC, Norwegian Very Early Arthritic Clinic; SDAI, Simplified Disease Activity Index; SJC28, swollen 28 joint count; SRQ, Swedish Rheumatology Quality; VAS, Visual Analogue Scale.