Table 4.

Changes in JE, JSN and mTSS by changes in DAS28 tertiles over 2 years

	ΔDAS28			p
	<2.02, n = 36	2.02–3.51, n = 36	>3.51, n = 37
ΔJE	2.72 (5.08)	0.85 (2.00)	0.76 (1.40)	0.020
	1.02 (0.09, 2.53)	0.00 (0.00, 0.89)	0.00 (0.00, 1.26)
ΔJSN	2.66 (4.03)	0.87 (1.77)	1.23 (2.52)	0.029
	0.65 (0.00, 4.27)	0.00 (0.00, 1.16)	0.00 (0.00, 0.92)
ΔmTSS	5.36 (8.20)	1.72 (2.86)	2.04 (3.29)	0.009
	2.07 (0.72, 8.13)	0.71 (0.00, 2.18)	0.52 (0.00, 2.67)

JE joint erosion, JSN joint space narrowing, mTSS modified total Sharp score, DAS28 28-joint count Disease Activity Scoreg

Data are presented as mean (standard deviation, SD) and median (interquartile range, IQR)

The p values were calculated using analysis of covariance with treatment as a covariate