Changes in rheumatoid arthritis under ultrasound before and after sinomenine injection

Table 1 Comparison of therapeutic effects, n (%)

Group	Number of cases	Significantly effective	Improved	Ineffective	Total effective rate
Study group	47	29 (61.70)	15 (31.91)	3 (6.38)	44 (93.62)
Control group	47	21 (44.68)	16 (34.04)	10 (21.28)	37 (78.72)
χ2 value					4.374
P value					0.036

Table 2 Comparison of synovial membrane thickness and visual analog scale scores

Timing	Group	Number of cases	Synovial thickness (mm, mean ± SD)	VAS score (mean ± SD)
Before treatment	Study group	47	5.29 ± 1.44	7.01 ± 1.38
	Control group	47	5.50 ± 1.32	6.89 ± 1.50
	t value		0.737	0.404
	P value		0.463	0.687
After treatment	Study group	47	2.05 ± 0.59	2.11 ± 0.62
	Control group	47	2.87 ± 0.64	2.90 ± 0.79
	t value		6.458	5.393
	P value		0.000	0.000

VAS: Visual analog scale.

Table 3 Comparison of blood flow classification, n (%)

Timing	Group	Number of cases	Grade 0	Grade I	Grade II	Grade III
Before treatment	Study group	47	25 (53.19)	12 (25.53)	7 (14.89)	3 (6.38)
	Control group	47	23 (48.94)	15 (31.91)	5 (10.64)	4 (8.51)
	χ2 value		0.170	0.468	0.382	0.000
	P value		0.680	0.494	0.536	1.000
After treatment	Study group	47	36 (76.60)	5 (10.64)	5 (10.64)	1 (2.13)
	Control group	47	27 (57.45)	15 (31.91)	3 (6.38)	2 (4.26)
	χ2 value		3.899	6.351	0.545	0.000
	P value		0.048	0.012	0.460	1.000

Table 4 Comparison of arthro-inflammatory indexes (mean ± SD)

Timing	Group	Number of cases	RF (U/mL)	CRP (mg/L)	ESR (mm/h)
Beforetreatment	Study group	47	161.39 ± 15.06	34.10 ± 6.99	80.71 ± 7.11
	Control group	47	158.91 ± 12.79	32.63 ± 7.29	78.65 ± 6.70
	t value		0.861	0.998	1.446
	P value		0.392	0.321	0.152
Aftertreatment	Study group	47	55.61 ± 6.13	11.43 ± 3.59	29.60 ± 5.56
	Control group	47	73.04 ± 9.23	15.07 ± 4.06	36.64 ± 6.10
	t value		10.785	4.605	5.848
	P value		0.000	0.000	0.000

RF: rheumatoid factor; CRP: C-reactive protein; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate.