Table 5

Differences of treatment effect and standardized response means of rheumatoid arthritis disease activity and function outcomes between baseline and month 3 of treatment

Rheumatoid arthritis outcome

Mean difference of treatment (95% CI)

SRM (95% CI)

Tender joint count

-3.58 (-2.42 to -4.74)

0.59 (0.40 to 0.78)

Swollen joint count

-2.72 (-1.90 to -3.53)

0.64 (0.45 to 0.83)

Patient global assessment

-0.79 (-0.63 to -0.96)

0.94 (0.74 to 1.13)

Physician global assessment

-0.77 (-0.61 to -0.94)

0.89 (0.70 to 1.09)

Pain level

-0.75 (-0.58 to -0.93)

0.82 (0.62 to 1.01)

ESR

-13.93 (-7.01 to -20.84)

0.41 (0.21 to 0.61)

Thai HAQ

-0.50 (-0.38 to -0.63)

0.75 (0.56 to 0.94)

ACR functional class

-0.44 (-0.29 to -0.60)

0.59 (0.38 to 0.80)

ACR, American College of Rheumatology; CI, confidence interval; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; SRM, standardized response mean; Thai HAQ, Thai version of the Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index.

Osiri et al. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2009 11:R129   doi:10.1186/ar2796