Table 4

 Discriminative capacity of response criteria

IMPACTPlacebo (n = 52)Active drug (n = 52)χ2MHp Value
Response criteria% improved% improved
EULAR2853.4<0.001
    Good+moderate2692%
    Good060
EULAR48.6<0.001
    Good+moderate2688
    Good063
ACR20106736.2<0.001
ACR5004832.6<0.001
ACR7002917.4<0.001
PsARC308227.9<0.001
ΔDAS28>1.2138349.4<0.001
ΔDAS>1.2106736.2<0.001
Low-disease activity criteria% reached% reachedχ2MHp Value
DAS28⩽3.246135.3<0.001
DAS⩽2.486533.4<0.001
OMERACT MDAS65025.1<0.001
DAS28⩽2.624121.2<0.001
DAS⩽1.603520.0<0.001
EtanerceptPlacebo (n = 30)Active drug (n = 30)χ2MHp Value
Response criteria% improved% improved
ACR, American College of Rheumatology; DAS, Disease Activity Score; EULAR, European League Against Rheumatism; IMPACT, Infliximab Multinational Psoriatic Arthritis Controlled Trial; MDAS, minimal disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis; OMERACT, Outcome Measures in Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trials; PsARC, psoriatic arthritis response criteria; χ2MH, χ2 Mantel Haenszel.
EULAR2826.2<0.001
    Good+moderate1593
    Good859
EULAR24.1<0.001
    Good+moderate1989
    Good444
ACR20157319.6<0.001
ACR5045014.80.001
ACR700133.80.05
PsARC339019.3<0.001
ΔDAS28>1.278032.2<0.001
ΔDAS>1.276018.9<0.001
Low-disease activity criteria% reached% reachedχ2MHp Value
DAS28⩽3.2116919.0<0.001
DAS⩽2.4156916.4<0.001
OMERACT MDAS76320.8<0.001
DAS28⩽2.6115913.50.002
DAS⩽1.644512.40.004