To observe the relationship between clinical indicators of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and the pattern of Chinese medicine. Methods： Retrospective analytical method was performed to investigate pattern distribution， age， course， main laboratory indexes (RF， anti-CCP， ESR and CRP) and DAS28 0f 398 RA patients. Results： There were great differences in course of diseases and pathogenetic condition (ESR， CRP， and DAS28) among different patterns. There was no statistical significance in age， RF and anti-CCP. The majority of the patterns was damp-heat obstruction pattern which accounted for 38.69%， next came phlegm-stasis obstruction pattern and liver-kidney yin deficiency pattern which accounted for 23.12% and 21.61% respectively. Conclusion： Pattern of dampness-heat obstruction pattern is most commonly seen in active stage of RA， and liver-kidney yin deficiency pattern and phlegm-stasis obstruction pattern are common in remission stage.