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Fig. 3

From: Switching from TNFα inhibitor to tacrolimus as maintenance therapy in rheumatoid arthritis after achieving low disease activity with TNFα inhibitors and methotrexate: 24-week result from a non-randomized, prospective, active-controlled trial

Fig. 3

Evolution of disease activity indices during each week over 24 weeks of follow-up compared with the baseline for A DAS28-CRP, B HAQ-DI, C PGA, D PhGA, E TJC68, F SJC66, G CRP, and H ESR. *P < 0.05. CRP, C-reactive protein; DAS28, Disease Activity Score in 28 joints; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; HAQ-DI, Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index; MTX, methotrexate; PGA, Patient’s Global Assessment of Disease Activity; PhGA, Physician’s Global Assessment of Disease Activity; SGAP, Subject’s Global Assessment of Pain; SJC66, swollen joint count at 66 joints; TAC, tacrolimus; TJC68, tender joint count at 68 joints; TNFi, tumor necrosis factor inhibitor; VAS, visual analog scale; LS, least squares

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