Table 5

The odds of flare in patients in remission: results of multiple binary logistic regression models including baseline measures of synovial hyperaemia, functional impairment and remission according to various criteria

Remission criteria
SDAIDAS28ACR/EULAR 2011ACR 1981
PD present OR (95% CI), p4.81 (1.38 to 16.67), p=0.0137.57 (1.75 to 32.76), p=0.0074.48 (1.32 to 15.22), p=0.0164.53 (1.30 to 15.80), p=0.018
HAQ-DI OR (95% CI), p1.33 (1.09 to 1.62), p=0.0061.41 (1.12 to 1.78), p=0.0041.33 (1.09 to 1.61), p=0.0041.30 (1.06 to 1.58), p=0.010
Remission OR (95% CI), p1.50 (0.45 to 4.94), p=0.5092.71 (0.73 to 10.14), p=0.1382.27 (0.52 to 9.93), p=0.2780.98 (0.33 to 2.95), p=0.975
  • ACR, American College of Rheumatology; DAS28, 28-joint count Disease Activity Score; EULAR, European League Against Rheumatism; HAQ-DI, Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index; PD, power Doppler; SDAI, Simplified Disease Activity Index.