Variable | Baseline (n = 20) | Change from baseline | |||
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After 2 weeks (n = 20) | p Value* | After 6 months (n = 17) | p Value* | ||
Values are mean (SD). | |||||
*For comparison with baseline. | |||||
DAS, disease activity score; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; RAI, Ritchie articular index; VAS, visual analogue scale (0–100 mm). | |||||
DAS (units) | 4.3 (0.7) | −0.7 (0.7) | 0.0003 | −1.6 (1.2) | 0.0002 |
ESR (mm/h) | 21.6 (24.7) | 3.4 (8.1) | 0.13 | 2.6 (32.2) | 0.30 |
RAI (units) | 16.7 (7.8) | −4.3 (4.9) | 0.001 | −10.1 (6.5) | 0.0001 |
Number of swollen joints | 11.4 (6.3) | −2.4 (5.1) | 0.02 | −4.6 (8.1) | 0.04 |
VAS general wellbeing (mm) | 52.3 (1.9) | −12.8 (19.1) | 0.007 | −25.1 (25.9) | 0.002 |