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. 2017 Aug 30;7(8):e016619. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016619

Table 2.

Agreement between MDA or mMDA, with DAS28 and DAPSA

Diagnostic criteria definitions DAS28
remission (<2.6)
DAS28 deep remission (<1.98) DAPSA
remission
(≤4)
MDA
 Sensitivity 70.7% 82.1% 100.0%
 Specificity 92.3% 85.7% 85.9%
 Positive predictive value 82.1% 60.4% 56.3%
 Negative predictive value 86.4% 94.7% 100.0%
 Kappa agreement (K) 0.653 0.598 0.652
mMDA
 Sensitivity 57.7% 71.8% 87.0%
 Specificity 94.8% 90.4% 89.9%
 Positive predictive value 84.5% 66.7% 61.0%
 Negative predictive value 81.9% 92.3% 97.5%
 Kappa agreement (K) 0.570 0.605 0.655

DAPSA, Disease Activity in PSoriatic Arthritis; DAS28, Disease Activity Score using 28 joints; MDA, minimal disease activity; mMDA, modified MDA.