Is synovial hypertrophy without Doppler activity sensitive to change? Post-hoc analysis from a rheumatoid arthritis ultrasound study

Table 2 Improvement in synovial hypertrophy (SH) in joints with and without Doppler activity

Time	Grades	Joints with SH without Doppler activity			Joints with SH with Doppler activity			Adjusted odds ratio	p value
		Number of joints		Frequency of improvement	Number of joints		Frequency of improvement
		Baseline	With improvement	Frequency of improvement	Baseline	With improvement	Frequency of improvement
3 months	All grades	1172	637	0.54	1122	594	0.53	0.35	< 0.0001
	Grade 1	863	441	0.51	169	58	0.35
	Grade 2	269	164	0.61	494	271	0.55
	Grade 3	40	32	0.80	459	265	0.58
6 months	All grades	1172	657	0.56	1122	669	0.60	0.39	0.0003
	Grade 1	863	457	0.53	169	58	0.34
	Grade 2	269	167	0.62	494	312	0.63
	Grade 3	40	33	0.82	459	299	0.65

The table shows the frequency of improvement in joints at 3 and 6 months for all grades overall and separately for each grade
The relative frequency of a SH score decrease ≥ 1 were analyzed using a generalized linear mixed model adjusting for baseline SH score using a separate coefficient per time point

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