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Remission versus low disease activity as treatment targets in rheumatoid arthri...
Duarte, Cátia; Jacobs, Johannes W.G.; Ferreira, Ricardo J.O.; Welsing, Paco M.J.; Gossec, Laure; Machado, Pedro M.; van der Heijde, DésiréeObjectives: To evaluate the impact of using Simplified Disease Activity Index (SDAI)-LDA (low disease activity) versus different definitions of remission as a treatment target in established rheumatoid arthritis. Methods: A meta-epidemiological study of individual patient data from eight randomised controlled trials was performed. Four definitions of the target were considered at 6 months: (1) SDAI-LDA: SDAI≤11...
Gender, body mass index and rheumatoid arthritis disease activity: Results from...
Jawaheer, Damini; Olsen, Jørn; Lahiff, Maureen; Forsberg, Sinikka; Lähteenmäki, Jukka; da Silveira, Ines Guimaraes; Rocha, Francisco AirtonMade available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T18:56:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2010-12-01; Objective: To investigate whether body mass index (BMI), as a proxy for body fat, influences rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity in a gender-specific manner. Methods: Consecutive patients with RA were enrolled from 25 countries into the QUEST-RA program between 2005 and 2008. Clinical and demogra...