Table-III.

Diagnostic & therapeutic delay (Lag-3 & Lag-4) with disease outcome.

	Groups	Lag time	N%	DAS28 Mean ±SD	P-value	HAQ-DI Mean ±SD	P-value
Lag-3	Group 1	≤1 year	60(58.8%)	4.04±1.37	0.02	0.55±0.44	0.01
	Group 2	>1 year-<5 years	19(18.6%)	4.58±1.5		0.61±0.40
	Group 3	>5 years	23(22.5%)	5.01±1.65		0.87±0.48
Lag-4	Group 1	≤1 year	50(49%)	3.9±1.42	0.01	0.499±0.44	0.00
	Group 2	>1 year-<5 years	19(18.6%)	4.5±1.32		0.66±0.38
	Group 3	>5 years	33 (32.4)	4.9±1.57		0.82±0.46

Annova was used to compare mean DAS28 & HAQ-DI between groups (group1-group3) for both lag3 and lag4 (p value<0.05 significant).