Table 4.
Agreement of response according to various criteria sets at 3 months, expressed as percentages and κ values
Reference criterion | |||||||||
EULAR | EULAR modified cut off | SDAI | CDAI | ||||||
Valid N | 1163 | 1163 | 1184 | 1195 | |||||
Valid N | % | κ | % | κ | % | κ | % | κ | |
Overall response | good+moderate | good+moderate | major+minor | major+minor | |||||
ACR20 | 1234 | 61/22 | 0,61 | 59/24 | 0,62 | 62/19 | 0,54 | 61/19 | 0,54 |
EULAR | 1163 | 71/23 | 0,83 | 73/17 | 0,71 | 72/17 | 0,68 | ||
EULAR modified cut off | 1163 | 70/18 | 0,70 | 69/18 | 0,67 | ||||
SDAI | 1184 | 78/19 | 0,91 | ||||||
Moderate/minor response | moderate | moderate | minor | minor | |||||
ACR50 | 1234 | 13/33 | 0,00 | 3.5/47 | 0,00 | 7.3/41 | 0,00 | 5.6/45 | 0,00 |
EULAR | 1163 | 14/54 | 0,27 | 13/43 | 0,04 | 10/46 | 0,03 | ||
EULAR modified cut off | 1163 | 11/65 | 0,31 | 8.7/68 | 0,28 | ||||
SDAI | 1184 | 20/70 | 0,74 | ||||||
Good/major response | good | good | major | major | |||||
ACR70 | 1234 | 12/64 | 0,40 | 13/46 | 0,22 | 12/46 | 0,19 | 12/42 | 0,17 |
EULAR | 1163 | 31/43 | 0,49 | 25/38 | 0,27 | 26/36 | 0,27 | ||
EULAR modified cut off | 1163 | 45/39 | 0,69 | 47/37 | 0,69 | ||||
SDAI | 1184 | 51/42 | 0,86 |
Percentages denote positive agreement/negative agreement, i.e. per cent patients fulfilling both compared response criteria/per cent patients fulfilling neither.