PLGLA and rheumatoid arthritis: Compared with the non-CHB group, patients with RA with CHB showed significantly lower levels of most disease activity indicators at baseline, including TJC28, PtGA, PrGA, Pain VAS, DAS28-CRP, DAS28-ESR, SDAI, CDAI, and RAPID3 (all p <  0.05) (Table 1).