Comparisons of 7- to 78-joint ultrasonography scores: all different joint combinations show equal response to adalimumab treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Table 4 Sum B-mode (BM) scores of the different joint combinations during the study

	Baseline	1 month	3 months	6 monhts	12 months
7-joint score	11.5 (1 to 22)	7.5 (0 to 20)*	6.5 (0 to 15)*	7.0 (0 to 17)**	5.5 (0 to 16)**
12-joint score	15.0 (0 to 52)	12.5 (0 to 37)*	11.0 (0 to 28)*	9.5 (0 to 32)*	7.5 (0 to 28)*
28-joint score	17.0 (2 to 65)	13.0 (2 to 57)**	11.0 (0 to 45)**	8.5 (1 to 45)*	12.0 (0 to 45)*
44-joint score	40.0 (6 to 131)	31.5 (3 to 103)**	29.5 (6 to 71)**	19.5 (1 to 69)**	20.0 (1 to 73)**
78-joint score	53.5 (6 to 154)	38.5 (3 to 124)**	36.5 (6 to 96)**	23.5 (1 to 91)**	27.0 (1 to 101)**

Sum BM scores of the different joint combinations at baseline and after 1, 3, 6 and 12 months. All joint combinations showed significant change from baseline (* = P ≤ 0.05, ** = P ≤ 0.001).

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