Table 1.

The distribution of US-GLOESS according to different categories by indices

GLOESS 38 jointsGLOESS 28 jointsJoint counts ≥ score 2Joint counts with score 3
mean±SDmean±SDmean±SDmean±SD
DAS-28
 Remission (n=77)10.9±7.57.8±7.23.5±3.10.7±1.3
 LDA (n=11)14.5±6.610.0±5.44.9±3.00.9±1.4
VMDA (n=5)9.6±6.25.4±3.53.0±2.30.80±1.7
CDAI
 Remission (n=48)10.0±6.96.9±6.23.02±2.70.60±1.0
 LDA (n=48)12.7±7.79.1±7.24.3±3.30.94±1.5
SDAI
 Remission (n=42)9.9±6.66.6±5.92.9±2.60.5±0.9
 LDA (n=50)12.4±7.89.1±7.54.2±3.30.9±1.5
 MDA (n=1)13.04.05.00
RAPID
 Remission (n=36)10.3±6.26.7±4.63.1±2.60.5±0.8
 Low activity (n=28)9.6±5.86.6±4.62.7±2.20.3±0.7
 MDA (n=30)14.0±9.410.7±9.75.1±3.91.4±1.9
 HDA (n=2)15±1.48.5±2.15±1.40
  • LDA: Low disease activity MDA: Moderate disease activity HDA: High Disease activity.