Table 2.
Demographic data.
| LDA | Remission | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change in Ratingen Score (Points/Year) (Years) | Repair > −5 | No Change, ±1 | No Change, ±2 | No Change, ±5 | Progress >5 | Repair >−5 |
No Change, ±1 | No Change, ±2 | No Change, ±5 | Progress >5 |
| Age (years, av) | 50.0 | 53.8 | 56.9 | 56.9 | 59.0 | 59.0 | 69.1 | 69.0 | 68.9 | 67.7 |
| Sex (% female) | 69.8 | 69.6 | 72.4 | 72.4 | 65.2 | 65.2 | 70.4 | 70.1 | 70.5 | 78.6 |
| Time to diagnosis (years) | 7.4 | 7.0 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.1 | 14.2 | 18.1 |
| Rheumatoid factor pos. (%) | 70.8 | 76.7 | 70.3 | 71.6 | 60.9 | 60.9 | 69.3 | 70.5 | 71.3 | 92.9 |
| ACPA pos. (%) | 57.9 | 66.3 | 43.4 | 40.8 | 73.7 | 73.7 | 70.3 | 70.8 | 71.3 | 84.2 |
| BMI (kg/m2, av) | 24.7 | 25.2 | 25.1 | 25.1 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 25.6 | 26.0 | 26.1 | 19.0 |
| DAS 28 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| ESR (mm/h, av) | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 11.1 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 10.2 |
| CRP (mg/L, av) | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 1.0 |
| HAQ-DI | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.2 |
| Smoking current (%) | 12.3 | 12.6 | 20.8 | 23.3 | 22.2 | 22.2 | 16.6 | 15.4 | 14.7 | 14.3 |
| Smoking ever (%) | 26.9 | 25.9 | 29.2 | 28.8 | 22.2 | 22.2 | 43.6 | 42.3 | 41.7 | 14.3 |
For patients with double intervals with radiographic change and LDA, the first data entry was used for the analysis to avoid duplicates.