Mean of change in CDAI by 6-month mutually exclusive ACR response category (ACR < 20, ACR 20 - <50, ACR 50 - <70, and ACR 70+).

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Format

A list of one data.tables with four columns. Column 1 is ACR response category, column 2 is the point estimate for the mean change in CDAI at 6 months, and columns 3/4 are lower/upper bounds on the mean change in CDAI. Current default is to set bounds to +/-20 the mean. Format is a list to facilitate inclusion of evidence from additional data sources with different patient populations.

Source

Aletaha, Daniel, and Josef S. Smolen. "The simplified disease activity index (SDAI) and clinical disease activity index (CDAI) to monitor patients in standard clinical care." Best practice & research Clinical rheumatology 21.4 (2007): 663-675.

Aletaha, Daniel, et al. "Acute phase reactants add little to composite disease activity indices for rheumatoid arthritis: validation of a clinical activity score." Arthritis research & therapy 7.4 (2005): R796.