Table 2

American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) responses of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) at weeks 6 and 30; patients are classified by low affinity and high affinity FCGR2A and FCGR3A genotypes

FCGR2AFCGR3A
TotalHH-HRRRp ValueTotalVV-VFFFp Value
6 weeksACR2045.8% (38/83)43.6% (27/62)52.4% (11/21)0.48344.6% (33/74)35.6% (16/45)58.6% (17/29)0.051
ACR5012.1% (10/83)11.3% (7/62)14.3% (3/21)0.71610.8% (8/74)2.2% (1/45)24.1% (7/29)0.003
ACR703.6% (3/83)3.2% (2/62)4.8% (1/21)0.7442.7% (2/74)2.2% (1/45)3.5% (1/29)0.751
EULAR good response33.7% (29/86)32.3% (21/65)38.1% (8/21)0.63031.2% (24/77)22.9% (11/48)44.8% (13/29)0.040
EULAR good to moderate response68.6%(59/86)64.6% (42/65)81.0% (17/21)0.16067.5% (52/77)64.6% (31/48)72.4% (21/29)0.480
30 weeksACR2040.0% (32/81)33.3% (20/61)60.0% (12/20)0.03540.0% (29/73)41.9% (18/44)37.9% (11/29)0.739
ACR5015.0% (12/81)15.0% (9/61)15.0% (3/20)1.00012.3% (9/73)11.6% (5/44)13.8% (4/29)0.785
ACR702.5% (2/81)3.3% (2/61)0.0% (0/20)0.4081.4% (1/73)2.3% (1/44)0.0% (0/29)0.408
EULAR good response28.2% (24/85)25.0% (16/64)38.1% (8/21)0.25026.0% (20/77)23.4% (11/47)30.0% (9/30)0.520
EULAR good to moderate response61.2% (52/85)56.3% (36/64)76.2%(16/21)0.10061.0% (47/77)57.4%(27/47)66.7%(20/30)0.420
  • Significant values are in bold.