Research Article

Can Biologics Be Discontinued in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis in Stable Remission? A Prospective Single-CenterClinical and Ultrasound Study

Table 3

Agreement of the two ultrasound methods measured by Cohen’s kappa coefficient.

CEUS on TP1 (disease relapse)
No enhancementLow enhancementModerate enhancementHigh enhancement
N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)

PDUS on TP1 (disease relapse)No activity5 (50.0)4 (40.0)1 (10.0)0 (0.0)
Low activity0 (0.0)8 (61.5)4 (30.8)1 (7.7)
Moderate activity0 (0.0)1 (5.9)10 (58.8)6 (35.3)
High activity0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)5 (100.0)

Cohen’ kappa = 0.487, (moderate level of concordance). PDUS, power Doppler ultrasound; CEUS, contrast-enhanced ultrasound.