Current non-disease modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) treatment in outpatients with RA in rheumatological care with respect to disease severity (1998; values are percentages)
| Mild (n=2797) | Moderate (n=4059) | Severe (n=1637) | Total (n=8493) | |
| Analgetics | 4.6 | 6.6 | 11.75-150 | 6.9 |
| NSAIDs5-151 | 51.85-150 | 61.4 | 67.05-150 | 59.3 |
| Steroids (⩽7.5 mg/day) | 31.35-150 | 51.0 | 56.85-150 | 45.6 |
| Steroids (>7.5 mg/day) | 3.85-150 | 9.7 | 21.25-150 | 10.0 |
| Intra-articular steroids | 2.25-150 | 7.7 | 12.25-150 | 6.8 |
| Drugs against osteoporosis | 15.65-150 | 29.9 | 46.75-150 | 28.4 |
| Any of these treatments | 81.05-150 | 95.6 | 98.05-150 | 91.3 |