[Retracted] Clinical Efficacy of Methotrexate Combined with Iguratimod on Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Its Influence on the Expression Levels of HOTAIR in Serum

Table 4

Comparison of VAS, DAS28, and Barthel scores of patients before and after treatment between the two groups (score, ).

Group	Time	Control group ()	Research group ()
VAS score	Before treatment			0.452	0.652
	After treatment	^#	^#	13.480	<0.001
DAS28 score	Before treatment			1.016	0.311
	After treatment	^#	^#	15.323	<0.001
Barthel score	Before treatment			1.350	0.178
	After treatment	^#	^#	9.407	<0.001

Note: Compared with before treatment, ^# was less than 0.05.