Table 1.
Correlations between all components of remission and other clinical features in the 29 serum urate responders meeting criteria of remission
| Variable | SF‐36 pain | VAS pain | SJC | TJC | PGA | Tophus Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serum urate | ‐0.34787 | 0.22553 | −0.09753 | 0.00727 | 0.13198 | 0.00523 |
| P‐value | <.0001 | 0.0004 | 0.0854 | 0.8982 | 0.0201 | 0.9493 |
| SF‐36 pain | −0.79152 | −0.23102 | −0.34343 | −0.49247 | −0.13874 | |
| P‐value | <0.0001 | 0.0006 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.0915 | |
| VAS pain | 0.15509 | 0.32799 | 0.45337 | 0.20606 | ||
| P‐value | 0.0226 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.0123 | ||
| SJC | 0.55837 | 0.57825 | −0.04911 | |||
| P‐value | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.5506 | |||
| TJC | 0.63261 | 0.0923 | ||||
| P‐value | <0.0001 | 0.2613 | ||||
| PGA | 0.0688 | |||||
| P‐value | 0.4028 | |||||
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Tophus Category Progressive disease = 2 Stable disease = 3 Partial response = 4 Complete response = 5 | ||||||
Abbreviation: PGA, patient global assessment score; SF‐36, 36‐item Short Form Health Survey; SJC, swollen joint count; TJC, tender joint count; VAS, visual analog scale.