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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: As compared with the placebo group, the patients in the treatment group had a net improvement in the tender-joint count of 25 percent, or 4. 8 joints (95 percent confidence interval, 0. 7 to 8. 9 ; P = 0. 02), and in the swollen-joint count of 25 percent, or 3. 8 joints (95 percent confidence interval, 1. 3 to 6. 3 ; P = 0. 005) ; improvement in overall disease activity as assessed by the physician (19 percent, P < 0. 001) and the patient (21 percent, P < 0. 001) ; and improvement in joint pain (23 percent, P = 0. 04) and in the degree of disability (26 percent, P < 0. 001).