Table 2 Measures of disease activity for each year from 2004 to 2013 for patients with rheumatoid arthritis monitored with outcome measures in an ordinary outpatient clinic

2004

22.3 (16.8)

14.8 (18.9)

4.2 (5.5)

4.1 (4.6)

3.9 (1.4)

14.8 (10.9)

16.2 (11.8)

22.6 (16.1)

(n = 404)

[77.7 %]

[81.2 %]

[87.4 %]

[87.4 %]

[74.3 %]

[85.0 %]

[77.2 %]

[86.6 %]

2005

22.1 (17.4)

13.6 (15.2)

4.0 (5.5)

3.5 (4.1)

3.8 (1.4)

13.5 (10.6)

14.7 (11.5)

19.9 (15.3)

(n = 604)

[80.8 %]

[79.8 %]

[90.2 %]

[90.2 %]

[79.6 %]

[89.4 %]

[78.5 %]

[90.1 %]

2006

22.7 (16.5)

13.0 (13.1)

4.8 (5.7)

3.3 (3.7)

4.0 (1.4)

14.4 (10.4)

15.5 (10.8)

20.1 (16.1)

(n = 620)

[76.6 %]

[78.4 %]

[90.0 %]

[90.0 %]

[75.2 %]

[87.6 %]

[76.0 %]

[88.9 %]

2007

23.3 (18.7)

14.9 (18.0)

4.5 (5.7)

3.3 (4.0)

3.9 (1.4)

13.9 (11.0)

15.7 (11.9)

21.0 (16.3)

(n = 743)

[63.4 %]

[66.8 %]

[72.1 %]

[72.1 %]

[57.9 %]

[67.3 %]

[60.4 %]

[71.3 %]

2008

20.9 (16.2)

10.9 (17.4)

3.6 (4.8)

3.1 (3.7)

3.6 (1.3)

12.2 (10.0)

13.3 (10.6)

17.9 (15.9)

(n = 796)

[62.8 %]

[66.7 %]

[74.9 %]

[74.9 %]

[56.0 %]

[64.1 %]

[58.7 %]

[71.4 %]

2009

19.4 (15.8)

8.4 (14.2)

2.9 (4.6)

2.7 (3.6)

3.3 (1.3)

10.8 (9.4)

11.9 (10.1)

17.0 (16.0)

(n = 969)

[70.6 %]

[74.0 %]

[83.4 %]

[83.4 %]

[64.0 %]

[75.9 %]

[66.3 %]

[81.8 %]

2010

19.1 (15.0)

8.0 (12.6)

2.5 (4.2)

1.9 (3.1)

3.2 (1.3)

9.1 (8.3)

9.8 (8.6)

13.0 (12.7)

(n = 1069)

[80.4 %]

[81.2 %]

[89.9 %]

[89.9 %]

[77.4 %]

[85.4 %]

[77.6 %]

[88.5 %]

2011

18.2 (14.7)

7.1 (12.0)

1.9 (3.4)

1.4 (2.5)

3.0 (1.2)

8.0 (7.4)

8.6 (7.7)

12.9 (13.4)

(n = 1103)

[80.2 %]

[84.0 %]

[90.0 %]

[90.0 %]

[78.5 %]

[87.9 %]

[81.9 %]

[90.1 %]

2012

18.0 (15.6)

7.0 (13.2)

1.5 (3.5)

1.2 (2.5)

2.8 (1.2)

7.1 (7.1)

7.8 (7.5)

10.6 (12.6)

(n = 1113)

[78.0 %]

[83.1 %]

[91.3 %]

[91.3 %]

[75.8 %]

[88.2 %]

[80.6 %]

[91.0 %]

2013

17.2 (14.2)

6.4 (10.6)

1.3 (3.0)

0.8 (1.8)

2.7 (1.1)

6.3 (6.1)

7.0 (6.3)

9.7 (11.4)

(n = 1083)

[76.8 %]

[80.4 %]

[89.8 %]

[89.8 %]

[74.1 %]

[86.1 %]

[76.6 %]

[89.6 %]

P value^a 2004–2013

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

P value^a 2010–2013

0.012

0.007

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001