Table 4.

Radiographic progression in presence or absence of hand bone loss.

	HBLsdc
	No hand bone loss	Hand bone loss	Diff.
Radiographic progression	N(%)	N(%)	p
2 years	27(24)	118(49)	0.001
5 years	43(48)	129(65)	0.008
8 years	42(52)	105(66)	0.033

HBLsdc, hand bone loss smallest detectable change; N, number.