Table 3

Patients in sustained, intermittent or never remission by the different criteria

 Number (%) of patients in remission at all four, three, two, one or no visits
Sustained remissionIntermittent remissionNever remission
All four visitsThreeTwoOneNo visit
DAS28 Cr69 (14)76 (16)81 (17)90 (19)167 (35)
DAS28-3 Cr60 (12)75 (15)88 (17)89 (18)189 (38)
Boolean Cr14 (3)32 (6)62 (11)86 (17)315 (62)
Boolean-3 Cr45 (9)51 (10)90 (18)115 (23)199 (40)
SDAI Cr22 (5)34 (8)67 (16)56 (13)245 (58)
SDAI-4 Cr39 (8)61 (13)104 (22)87 (18)186 (39)
  • DAS28, disease activity score calculated on 28 joints; SDAI Cr, Simplified Disease Activity Index less than 3.3 remission criterion.