Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

The Impact of Traditional Chinese Medicine QingreHuoxue Treatment and the Combination of Methotrexate and Hydroxychloroquine on the Radiological Progression of Active Rheumatoid Arthritis: A 52-Week Follow-Up of a Randomized Controlled Clinical Study

Table 5

Disease activity comparison (PP) between baseline and week 52.


Items	Baseline			52 weeks			-value
Items	TCM group N = 36	WM group N = 35	IM group N = 41	TCM group N = 36	WM group N = 35	IM group N = 41	-value

ESR (mm/h)
Mean (SD)	46.94	32.74	43.90	33.67 (28.38)	19.09 (15.92)	24.45 (15.65)	0.0563
Mean (SD)	(28.71)	(19.51)	(28.67)
Median (Q1, Q3)	34.00	28.00	38.00	23.00	14.00	22.50
Median (Q1, Q3)	(22.5, 66.5)	(20.0, 44.0)	(25.0, 69.0)	(13.0, 51.0)	(9.0, 25.0)	(10.0, 31.0)

VAS (mm)
Mean (SD)	54.75	52.37	53.90	18.56	19.34	19.54	0.9146
Mean (SD)	(16.55)	(16.26)	(16.68)	(17.64)	(15.96)	(16.98)
Median (Q1, Q3)	53.50	50.00	50.00	15.00	15.00	20.00
Median (Q1, Q3)	(40.0, 62.5)	(40.0, 60.0)	(40.0, 65.0)	(7.5, 30.0)	(10.0, 30.0)	(10.0, 30.0)

PGA (mm)
Mean (SD)	59.11	54.97	61.41	22.92	24.77	23.05	0.985
Mean (SD)	(17.06)	(19.80)	(18.97)	(16.61)	(20.77)	(15.29)
Median (Q1, Q3)	60.00	50.00	60.00	20.00	20.00	20.00
Median (Q1, Q3)	(50.0, 70.0)	(40.0, 70.0)	(50.0, 80.0)	(10.0, 30.0)	(10.0, 40.0)	(10.0, 30.0)

PhGA (mm)
Mean (SD)	57.03	53.40	53.61	25.25	24.40	22.27	0.7998
Mean (SD)	(14.60)	(15.87)	(17.48)	(17.32)	(18.01)	(15.14)
Median (Q1, Q3)	60.00	50.00	50.00	22.50	20.00	20.00
Median (Q1, Q3)	(50.0, 70.0)	(40.0, 70.0)	(40.0, 70.0)	(10.0, 30.0)	(10.0, 40.0)	(10.0, 30.0)

TJC
Mean (SD)	11.03	11.00	9.51	1.69	1.51	0.95	0.3336
Mean (SD)	(7.30)	(5.78)	(7.66)	(2.12)	(2.20)	(1.53)
Median (Q1, Q3)	9.00	11.00	7.00	1.00	0.00	0.00
Median (Q1, Q3)	(5.0, 15.5)	(6.0, 14.0)	(4.0, 13.0)	(0.0, 2.5)	(0.0, 3.0)	(0.0, 1.0)

SJC
Mean (SD)	8.44	7.69	7.20	3.89	3.54	2.44	0.3183
Mean (SD)	(5.66)	(5.35)	(5.19)	(4.89)	(3.53)	(2.41)
Median (Q1, Q3)	8.00	6.00	5.00	2.00	3.00	2.00
Median (Q1, Q3)	(3.5, 11.5)	(3.0, 11.0)	(4.0, 8.0)	(0.5, 5.0)	(2.0, 4.0)	(0.0, 4.0)

DAS28
Mean (SD)	5.87	5.56	5.52	3.62	3.21	3.22	0.2902
Mean (SD)	(1.00)	(1.06)	(1.22)	(1.51)	(1.19)	(0.97)
Median (Q1, Q3)	5.90	5.50	5.38	3.15	3.20	3.15
Median (Q1, Q3)	(5.16, 6.49)	(4.80, 6.31)	(4.59, 6.60)	(2.75, 4.79)	(2.31, 4.01)	(2.65, 3.98)