Table 3.
Ultrasound score between the two groups
| Synovitis | Power Doppler signal | Joint effusion | Bone erosions | Total score | ||||||
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| SS group | CS group | SS group | CS group | SS group | CS group | SS group | CS group | SS group | CS group | |
| Grade 0 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 50 | 18 | 121 | 22 | 113 | -- | -- |
| Grade 1 | 5 | 26 | 5 | 45 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 4 | -- | -- |
| Grade 2 | 14 | 58 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | -- | -- |
| Grade 3 | 2 | 52 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | -- | -- |
| median (IQR) | 2 (1, 2) | 2 (2, 3) | 0 (0, 0) | 1 (0, 2) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 0) | 2 (2, 3) | 4 (2, 5) |
| Mann-Whitney U | 1165.000 | 812.500 | 1476.500 | 1376.5 | 983.500 | |||||
| P value | 0.021 | 0.000 | 0.271 | 0.081 | 0.002 | |||||
Abbreviations: SS, subclinical synovitis; CS, clinical synovitis; IQR, interquartile range.