Criteria set | Tender joint count | Swollen joint count | Patient global VAS | Patient pain VAS | Evaluator’s global | HAQ | ESR | CRP | ||
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+, required; −, not required; in the ACR response criteria, any three of the variables marked “+/−” are required. For details about the response criteria, see references 1–5. | ||||||||||
ACR, American College of Rheumatology; CRP, C reactive protein; DAS, disease activity score; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; EULAR, European League Against Rheumatism; SDAI, simple disease activity index; VAS, visual analogue scale. | ||||||||||
ACR | + | + | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | ||
EULAR (DAS) | + | + | + | − | − | − | + | − | ||
SDAI | + | + | + | − | + | − | − | + |