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[Retracted] A Feasible Multimodal Photoacoustic Imaging Approach for Evaluating the Clinical Symptoms of Inflammatory Arthritis

Table 3

RA infection and correlation coefficient of A-PD and B-PA.

Correlation coefficient97% confidence intervalProbability rate

Erythrocyte sedimentationA-PD sum0.212-0.155-0.5270.255
B-PA sum0.26-0.0993-0.5670.263
C-reactive proteinA-PD sum0.4330.0923-0.6830.0152
B-PA sum0.5450.236-0.7540.0017
Swollen joint countA-PD sum0.7000.454-0.847<0.0002
B-PA sum0.7930.505-0.97<0.0002
Tender joint countA-PD sum0.7200.485-0.858<0.0002
B-PA sum0.8020.621-0.802<0.0002
Paining visual analog scaleA-PD sum0.5090.182-0.7350.0032
B-PA sum0.6990.452-0.845<0.0002
Patient global activityA-PD sum0.197-0.177-0.5210.299
B-PA sum0.4830.148-0.7190.0071
Evaluator global activityA-PD sum0.4220.0713-0.6790.0205
B-PA sum0.6230.339-0.8040.0023
Disease activity score in 28 joints (CRP)A-PD sum0.6520.386-0.8180.0002
B-PA sum0.7550.547-0.876<0.0002
Disease activity score in 28 joints (ESR)A-PD sum0.6770.423-0.832<0.0002
B-PA sum0.7970.616-0.898<0.0002
Simplified disease activity indexA-PD sum0.7170.485-0.855<0.0002
B-PA sum0.8370.685-0.919<0.0002
Clinical disease activity indexA-PD sum0.7100.474-0.851<0.0002
B-PA sum0.8380.690-0.920<0.0002