Fig. 2

The association of the number of major life events experienced by patients with rheumatoid arthritis in the two-year study period and the transition of their physical functional status according to their degree of emotional responsiveness. N, number of subjects; BL, at the time of the baseline survey; 2Y, two years after the baseline survey. No. events: the number of life events reported to have happened in the two-year study period. ACR: American College of Rheumatology. Better and poorer emotional responsiveness are represented by low (<2.5 points) and high (2.5+ points) scores for the lack of emotional experiences scale from the Stress Inventory (19,20)