Comparison of disease activity between DAS28-ESR and DAS28-CRP
| DAS28-CRP (y) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| y<2.6 | 2.6⩽y⩽3.2 | 3.2<y⩽5.1 | 5.1<y | Total (%) | ||
| CRP, C-reactive protein; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate. | ||||||
| *The number of patients with remission and high disease activity evaluated by DAS28-ESR was significantly different from that by DAS28-CRP (p < 0.0001). | ||||||
| DAS28-ESR (x) | x<2.6 | 282 (9.2) | 13 (0.4) | 2 (0.07) | 0 | 297 (9.7)* |
| 2.6⩽x⩽3.2 | 251 (8.2) | 83 (2.7) | 22 (0.72) | 0 | 356 (11.6%) | |
| 3.2<x⩽5.1 | 172 (5.6) | 417 (13.6) | 986 (32.1) | 3 (0.98) | 1578 (51.4) | |
| 5.1<x | 0 | 0 | 488 (15.9) | 354 (11.5) | 842 (27.4)* | |
| Total (%) | 705 (22.9) | 513 (16.7) | 1498 (48.7) | 357 (11.6) | 3073 | |