an increasing trendP <0.001
Compared with cohort I and cohort II, the proportion of patients in “remission” and “continuous remission” in the cohort III group showed an increasing trend (17.3% vs. 23.9% vs. 46.6%, P <0.001; 6.3% vs. 6.6% vs. 10.6%, P <0.001) ( Table 3 ).