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Table 2 Concordance and discordance of rheumatologists’ evaluation versus DAS28(3)-ESR or CDAI-measured remission assessment

From: The prevalence and types of discordance between physician perception and objective data from standardized measures of rheumatoid arthritis disease activity in real-world clinical practice in the US

 

Objective measure

DAS28(3)-ESR (n = 531)

CDAI (n = 298)

Total

Remission

No remission

Total

Remission

No remission

Rheumatologists’ evaluation

Total

531 (100.0%)

163 (30.7%)

368 (69.3%)

298 (100.0%)

44 (14.8%)

254 (85.2%)

Remission

264 (49.7%)

Concordant – both remission 127 (23.9%)

Rheumatologist –negatively discordant 137 (25.8%)

146 (49.0%)

Concordant – both remission 40 (13.4%)

Rheumatologist –negatively discordant 106 (35.6%)

No remission

267 (50.3%)

Rheumatologist – positively discordant 36 (6.8%)

Concordant – both not remission 231 (43.5%)

152 (51.0%)

Rheumatologist – positively discordant 4 (1.3%)

Concordant – both not remission 148 (49.7%)

  1. Percentages are calculated using the total number of patients assessed based on rheumatologists’ evaluation or DAS28(3)-ESR/CDAI scores. CDAI Clinical Disease Activity Index, DAS28(3)-ESR Disease Activity Score in 28 joints (3)-erythrocyte 471 sedimentation rate