Figure 2From: Low-dose oral prednisone improves clinical and ultrasonographic remission rates in early rheumatoid arthritis: results of a 12-month open-label randomised study Trend over time of measures of clinical subjective and objective variables. Trend over time of measures of clinical subjective and objective variables along the two treatment arms. Subjective: (A) visual analogue scale (VAS) score for pain. Objective: (B) swollen joint count over 28 joints (Sw28), (C) tender joint count over 28 joints (Ten28), (D) serum levels of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), (E) serum levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), and (F) absolute mean values of disease activity score among 28 joints (DAS28). *P < 0.05 related to differences between treatment arms.Back to article page