From: Changes in clinical disease activity are weakly linked to changes in MRI inflammation on treat-to-target escalation of therapy in rheumatoid arthritis
Change in MRI scores (over 4 months)
Number of observations
Spearman correlation coefficients
p value
Δtotal MRI(i)
66*
0.36
0.003
Δosteitis
68
0.12
0.33
Δsynovitis
66
0.21
0.09
Δtendonitis
0.007
Δerosion
67
–0.02
0.87