The Role of Disease Activity Score 28 in the Evaluation of Articular Involvement in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Table 2

Comparison of disease activity parameters and status according to SLEDAI-2K definition of articular involvement (Group 1—patients with joint involvement defined by SLEDAI-2K, Group 2—patients without joint involvement defined by SLEDAI-2K).

	Group 1; ()	Group 2; ()
SLEDAI-2K (mean ± SD)			0.0001
Tender joint count; (mean ± SD)			0.0001
Swollen joint count; (mean ± SD)			0.0001
GH (mean ± SD)			0.01
ESR (mm/h, mean ± SD)			0.01
DAS28 (mean ± SD)			NS
DAS28 remission (/%)	0/0	8/16.7	NS
DAS28 low disease activity (/%)	1/4.7	21/43.7	0.001
DAS28 moderate disease activity (/%)	6/28.6	23/47.9	NS
DAS28 high disease activity (/%)	14/66.6	4/8.4	0.0001