However, Dr. Russo said he did not see any significant differences in clinical measures of disease activity, including inactive disease or remission, on or off medication.
“It was difficult to compare disability rates because in the two eras, we used different measures of disability,” he added.
“But it was my clinical impression that there was a tendency toward a lower percentage of disabled patients in the 2000s.”
Dr. Russo also did not look specifically at osteoporosis in the groups, but said “I have the feeling that we now see fewer patients with short stature than we did in the past.”