Use of Clinical Disease Activity Index Score for Assessment of Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: An Indian Experience

Table 1

Showing patients grouped according to DAS-28 cutoff values for staging of disease activity (ACR-2008).

Groups	Level of disease activity	DAS-28 (total score = 0–9.4)	Number of patients	Mean DAS-28 ± SD
I	Remission	<2.6	9	1.99±0.38
II	Low disease activity	≤3.2	5	3.04±0.17
III	Moderate disease activity	>3.2 and ≤5.1	62	4.25±0.58
IV	High disease activity	>5.1	124	6.38±0.87
Total		0–9.4	200	5.5±1.49