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. 2016 May 5;2(1):e000237. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2015-000237

Table 1.

Mean change in GLOESS from baseline to weeks 12 and 24 in patients with DAS28 ≤3.2 at week 24, with or without DAS28 ≥1.2 improvement at week 12


DAS28 ≥1.2 improvement at week 12 and DAS28 ≤3.2 at week 24 DAS28 <1.2 change at week 12 and DAS28 ≤3.2 at week 24
MCPs 2–5 joint set Week 12 −4.2 (−5.8 to −2.5) −4.3 (−6.2 to −2.4)
Week 24 −5.5 (−7.0 to −4.0) −6.9 (−10.6 to −3.2)
22 paired joint set Week 12 −12.6 (−17.2 to −8.0) −10.6 (−16.7 to −4.5)
Week 24 −17.1 (−22.4 to −11.8) −18.2 (−28.6 to −7.8)
Reduced (9 paired joints) set Week 12 −6.1 (−8.0 to −4.1) −4.3 (−6.2 to −2.4)
Week 24 −7.3 (−9.6 to −5.1) −6.7 (−11.1 to −2.3)

Data are mean change (95% CI).

DAS28, Disease Activity Score 28; GLOESS, Global OMERACT-EULAR Synovitis Score; MCP, metacarpophalangeal joint.