posted on 2014-06-23, 03:01authored byLiseth Siemons, Peter M. ten Klooster, Harald E. Vonkeman, Mart A. F. J. van de Laar, Cees A. W. Glas
*The values for gender and rheumatoid factor positivity are the number of patients/number of patients assessed (%).
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Group comparisons performed with Kruskall Wallis tests.
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Group comparisons performed with Chi-Square tests.
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Group comparisons performed with independent t-tests.
DAS28 = disease activity score for 28 joints, GH = general health, ESR = erythrocyte sedimentation rate, CRP = C-Reactive Protein, SF36 = Short Form Health Survey with 36 items, HAQ = Health Assessment Questionnaire.