Table 3.  Results of univariate analysis for comparison of physical functions and quality-of-life assessments at 6 months between the btsDMARDs group and the non-btsDMARDs group: a subanalysis.

	Baseline			6 months
Variable	btsDMARDs group n=18	Non-btsDMARDs group n=17	P value	btsDMARDs group n=18	Non-btsDMARDs group n=17	P value
HAQ-DI	0.31 (0.52)	0.66 (0.82)	0.330	0.22 (0.35)	0.32 (0.37)	0.369
HAQ-U	0.28 (0.53)	0.60 (0.81)	0.261	0.22 (0.40)	0.37 (0.46)	0.314
HAQ-L	0.35 (0.54)	0.72 (0.84)	0.230	0.22 (0.33)	0.28 (0.30)	0.434
Pain VAS	24.4 (19.6)	21.6 (25.0)	0.877	18.8 (14.9)	14.6 (14.8)	0.467
10-m walking test
Comfortable, s/m	0.79 (0.15)	0.86 (0.16)	0.245	0.77 (0.13)	0.84 (0.12)	0.120
Maximum, s/m	0.64 (0.12)	0.70 (0.13)	0.132	0.61 (0.12)	0.68 (0.13)	0.110
TUG test
Comfortable, s	9.6 (2.0)	9.9 (2.3)	0.800	8.6 (1.9)	9.3 (2.1)	0.306
Maximum, s	7.1 (2.0)	8.0 (1.7)	0.690	7.0 (1.8)	7.8 (2.0)	0.165
Single-leg standing time
Right leg, s	27.8 (23.4)	21.4 (23.8)	0.419	32.4 (22.5)	29.3 (22.2)	0.837
Left leg, s	27.3 (23.6)	19.6 (21.9)	0.304	34.2 (25.8)	30.5 (22.8)	0.700
GLFS-25	11.7 (12.3)	14.7 (13.3)	0.595	9.9 (10.1)	13.7 (9.5)	0.123
SF-8
PCS	47.4 (5.1)	47.9 (7.3)	0.552	48.6 (4.2)	47.1 (7.4)	0.788
MCS	51.9 (6.4)	50.9 (4.4)	0.410	51.8 (5.3)	49.1 (6.0)	0.176

Data presented as mean (SD). Data analysis by Wilcoxon signed-rank test.