Table 3.

Patients in remission based on composite scores at 6- and 12-month follow-up

Remission	Hands (%)			Other regions (%)
	GS ≥ 2	PD ≥ 1	PD ≥ 2	GS ≥ 2	PD ≥ 1	PD ≥ 2
6 months
DAS28 (n = 74)	73.0	64.9	32.4	64.9	41.9	20.3
CDAI (n = 37)	62.2	62.2	27.0	62.2	35.1	16.2
SDAI (n = 42)	61.9	64.3	26.2	66.7	35.7	19.0
Boolean (n = 38)	68.4	63.2	26.3	71.1	31.6	13.2
12 months
DAS28 (n = 59)	61.0	62.7	28.8	64.4	39.0	15.3
CDAI (n = 38)	47.4	57.9	15.8	50.0	34.2	13.2
SDAI (n = 42)	50.0	59.5	16.7	52.4	31.0	11.9
Boolean (n = 35)	42.9	54.3	17.1	54.3	31.4	14.3

Abbreviations: GS ≥ 2 Greyscale score ≥ 2, PD ≥ 1 Power Doppler score ≥ 1, PD ≥ 2 Power Doppler score ≥ 2, DAS28 Disease Activity Score based on 28 joints), CDAI Clinical Disease Activity Index, SDAI Simplified Disease Activity Index

Data represent percentages of patients still having ultrasound pathology in at least one joint/tendon in the hands (wrist [radio-carpal, mid-carpal, radio-ulnar], metacarpophalangeal joints 1–5, proximal interphalangeal joints 2–3, extensor carpi ulnaris tendon bilaterally) versus other regions (elbow, knee, ankle, metatarsophalangeal joints 1–5, tibialis posterior tendon bilaterally)