Table 1

Outcome measures at baseline, week 26, years 1 and 2. Values are given as mean (SD)

Outcome measure	Baseline	Week 26	Year 1	Year 2
Outcome measure	(12 patients)	(10 patients)	(9 patients)	(9 patients)
*p⩽0.05 as compared with baseline (determined by t test for paired data).
Patient health status	28.3 (22.1)	63.0 (23.6)*	77.2 (10.9)*	77.8 (13.9)*
Patient pain	84.2 (17.3)	33.0 (27.1)*	33.3 (29.6)*	26.7 (20.6)*
Patient disease activity	82.5 (18.6)	28.0 (16.2)*	27.8 (27.7)*	25.5 (16.7)*
HAQ score	2.0 (0.6)	0.9 (1.1)*	0.6 (0.6)*	0.6 (0.8)*
Physician disease activity	74.2 (14.4)	27.0 (17.0)*	22.2 (19.9)*	23.3 (15)*
Tender joint count	31.7 (22.9)	9.6 (12.7)*	10.1 (12.0)*	3.7 (4.4)*
Swollen joint count	9.9 (6.8)	2.3 (4.6)*	1.9 (4.3)*	0.5 (1.1)*
PASI	12.1 (10.3)	1.1 (2.7)*	2.2 (4.5)*	0.4 (0.4)*
ESR (mm/1st h)	21.6 (15.5)	20.2 (20.4)	14.3 (10.8)	21.1 (16.9)
CRP (mg/l)	0.9 (0.9)	0.2 (0.4)*	0.2 (0.5)*	0.3 (0.5)*