Table 2

Demographic, clinical, laboratory assessment and ultrasound data: validation set

All (n=146)Active synovitis (n=77)No active synovitis (n=69)
Age (years)57±1459±1554±12
Female sex (%)80.180.579.7
TJC281 (0, 4)4 (1, 7)0 (0, 2)
SJC280 (0, 3)3 (0, 6)0 (0, 0)
PGA5 (2, 7)5 (3, 8)3 (1, 5)
EGA3 (1, 5)5 (2, 6)2 (0, 3)
CRP (mg/L)2.4 (1.0, 7.6)5.0 (1.9, 11.0)2.0 (1.0, 4.0)
ESR (mm/h)19 (10, 34)19 (10, 43)19 (9, 27)
DAS28-CRP3.1±1.43.8±1.42.3±0.8
CDAI12.7±10.618.0±11.36.8±5.3
SDAI13.4±11.119.0±1.97.2±5.3
DAS28-CRP Rem60 (41.1%)15 (19.5 %)45 (65.2 %)
CDAI Rem29 (19.9 %)9 (11.7 %)20 (29.0 %)
SDAI Rem30 (20.5 %)9 (11.7 %)21 (30.4 %)
Boolean Rem24 (16.4 %)9 (11.7 %)15 (21.7 %)
GS sum score3 (0, 8)7 (5, 11)0 (0, 1)
PD sum score1 (0, 4)3 (2, 5)0 (0, 0)
  • Distributions are presented as mean±SD or median (IQR).

  • CDAI, Clinical Disease Activity Index; CRP, C-reactive protein; DAS28, 28-joint Disease Activity Score; EGA, Evaluator Global Assessment; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; GS, grey-scale synovial hypertrophy; PD, power Doppler; PGA, Patient Global Assessment; SDAI, Simplified Disease Activity Index; SJC, swollen joint count; TJC, tender joint count.