Measures of Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity: Figure 1.

Abstract

The article by Pincus and colleagues1 and the accompanying editorial by Neogi and Felson2 debate the relative merits of individual and composite measures of disease outcome in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Composite indices have clear merits. Pincus and colleagues reported that the physician global assessment performed well, and it gains some support from Neogi and Felson, as to them it represents a form of composite index. However, the … E-mail: john.kirwan{at}bristol.ac.uk. Address reprint requests to Prof. Kirwan.