Radiographic remission in rheumatoid arthritis quantified by computer-aided joint space analysis (CASJA): a post hoc analysis of the RAPID 1 trial

Table 3 Changes of finger JSD of MCP (from thumb to little finger) based on DAS28 remission for RA patients treated with CZP 400 mg plus MTX (*P < 0.01; **P = n. s)

	Finger joint space distance	Baseline mean (SD) in mm	Week 52 mean (SD) in mm	Difference
DAS28 ≤ 2.6	JSD-MCP_thumb	0.147 ± 0.044	0.147 ± 0.051	0%**
	JSD-MCP_{index finger}	0.160 ± 0.060	0.169 ± 0.055	+ 5.6%*
	JSD-MCP_{middle finger}	0.157 ± 0.038	0.162 ± 0.038	+ 3.2%*
	JSD-MCP_{ring finger}	0.153 ± 0.024	0.156 ± 0.022	+ 2.0%*
	JSD-MCP_little	0.142 ± 0.031	0.148 ± 0.033	+ 4.2%*
	JSD-MCP_total	0.152 ± 0.033	0.157 ± 0.034	+ 3.3%*
DAS28 > 2.6	JSD-MCP_thumb	0.147 ± 0.042	0.146 ± 0.043	− 0.7%**
	JSD-MCP_{index finger}	0.149 ± 0.061	0.147 ± 0.063	− 1.3%**
	JSD-MCP_{middle finger}	0.139 ± 0.049	0.139 ± 0.054	0%**
	JSD-MCP_{ring finger}	0.147 ± 0.036	0.148 ± 0.038	+ 0.7%**
	JSD-MCP_little	0.142 ± 0.033	0.142 ± 0.039	0%**
	JSD-MCP_total	0.145 ± 0.034	0.144 ± 0.036	− 0.7%**

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