Research Article
Detailed Joint Region Analysis of the 7-Joint Ultrasound Score: Evaluation of an Arthritis Patient Cohort over One Year
Table 2
“US5” (without forefoot results) score data over one year.
| | patients | Baseline | After 3 months | After 6 months | After 12 months |
| Synovitis score in GSUS
(0–21) | 11.0 (7–19)
{95% CI: 8.0–13.0} | 9.0 (2–18)*
{95% CI: 6.0–12.5} | 9.0 (1–16)*
{95% CI: 5.5–10.5} | 7.0 (0–20)*
{95% CI: 5.0–10.0} | Synovitis score in PDUS
(0–33) | 2.0 (0–15)
{95% CI: 0.5–6.0} | 1.0 (0–17)
{95% CI: 0.0–5.0} | 1.0 (0–18)*
{95% CI: 0.0–3.0} | 1.7 (0–7)*
{95% CI: 0.0–2.5} | Erosions score excluding the wrist
(0–9) | 4.0 (0–9)
{95% CI: 2.0–6.0} | 3.0 (0–15)
{95% CI: 2.0–6.0} | 4.0 (0–9)
{95% CI: 2.0–6.0} | 2.9 (0–7)*
{95% CI: 1.0–4.5} | Erosions score including the wrist
(0–12) | 6.0 (0–12)
{95% CI: 3.0–8.5} | 5.0 (1–12)
{95% CI: 4.0–9.0} | 6.0 (0–12)
{95% CI: 3.0–8.5} | 5.0 (0–10)*
{95% CI: 3.0–7.0} |
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value < 0.05 to baseline examination by 2-sided exact Wilcoxon test.
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