Table 1 Patient’s characteristics at T0 (begin of the study) including the sex, disease duration, seropositivity, conventional x-rays, clinical and laboratory parameters and MRI scores (RAMRIS and RAMRIS-Subscores)

Male

24 [30%]

Female

56 [70%]

Disease-duration <6 month

15 [19%]

Disease-duration <24 month

42 [53%]

Disease-duration ≥24 month

38 [47%]

RF pos.

47 [59%]

CCP antibody pos.

49 [62%]

Erosiv x-rays

23 [32%] [missings n = 9]

CRP [mg/l]

9.35 [SD 15.61; Min 1, Max 88]

DAS28

2.98 [SD 1.2; Min 1, Max 6,8]

RAMRIS

7,78 [SD 7.16; Min 0, Max 33]

SYN-subscore

2,34 [SD 2.54; Min 0, Max 11]

ERO-subscore

4,39 [SD 4.74; Min 0, Max 19]

BME-subscore

1,05 [SD 1.96; Min 0, Max 12]