Comparison of the improvement of disease activity between DAS28-ESR and DAS28-CRP
| DAS28-CRP | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | Moderate | No response | Total (%) | ||
| CRP, C-reactive protein; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate. | |||||
| *The number of patients with “good” response evaluated by DAS28-ESR was significantly smaller than that by DAS28-CRP (p < 0.03). | |||||
| DAS28-ESR | Good | 71 (4.8) | 20 (1.4) | 6 (0.4) | 97 (6.5)* |
| Moderate | 64 (4.3) | 178 (12.0) | 40 (2.7) | 282 (19.0%) | |
| No response | 1 (0.07) | 85 (5.7) | 1017 (68.6) | 1103 (74.4) | |
| Total (%) | 136 (9.2) | 283 (19.1) | 1063 (71.7) | 1482 | |