|
Demographic
| | | |
|
Age (years)
|
0.279
|
0.149
|
0.148
|
|
Lifestyle
| | | |
|
Smoking (cigarettes/day)
|
0.209
|
0.253
|
0.062
|
|
Alcohol (units/week)
|
0.209
|
0.112
|
-0.072
|
|
Exercise (hours/week)
|
0.034
|
0.085
|
-0.055
|
|
Systemic inflammation
| | | |
|
hs-CRP (mg/l)
|
0.289
|
0.189
|
0.217
|
|
ESR (mm/hour)
|
0.217
|
0.175
|
0.195
|
|
Disease duration (years)
|
0.138
|
0.069
|
0.079
|
|
Disease severity
| | | |
|
Radiographic score
|
0.157
|
-0.012
|
0.092
|
|
Rheumatoid factor (IU/ml)
|
0.319**
|
0.363**
|
0.290
|
|
Cytokines
| | | |
|
TNF-α (pg/ml)
|
0.107
|
0.204
|
0.019
|
|
IL-1 (pg/ml)
|
-0.123
|
-0.030
|
-0.120
|
|
IL-6 (pg/ml)
|
0.248
|
0.298*
|
0.359**
|
|
Drug therapy
| | | |
|
Current prednisone dose (mg/day)
|
0.156
|
0.152
|
0.279
|
|
Cumulative prednisone dose (mg)
|
0.042
|
0.008
|
0.071
|
|
Cumulative pulsed MP (mg)
|
-0.051
|
-0.155
|
-0.096
|
|
Metabolic syndrome
| | | |
|
Waist circumference (cm)
|
0.036
|
0.249
|
0.127
|
|
SBP (mmHg)
|
0.159
|
0.011
|
0.019
|
|
DBP (mmHg)
|
-0.042
|
-0.073
|
-0.097
|
|
HDL-cholesterol (mmol/l)
|
-0.093
|
-0.103
|
-0.091
|
|
Triglycerides (mmol/l)
|
0.186
|
0.181
|
0.079
|
|
QUICKI
|
-0.088
|
-0.035
|
-0.019
|
|
Uric acid (mmol/l)
|
0.208
|
0.271
|
0.260
|
|
Others
| | | |
|
Haemoglobin (g/dl)
|
-0.139
|
-0.130
|
-0.093
|
|
Leucocytes (× 106/l)
|
-0.017
|
-0.096
|
0.199
|
|
Polymorphonuclear cells (×106/l)
|
0.041
|
-0.092
|
0.212
|
|
Platelets (109/l)
|
-0.025
|
-0.142
|
0.104
|
|
Homocysteine (μmol/l)
|
0.124
|
0.236
|
0.277
|
|
Thyrotropin (μIU/ml)
|
-0.132
|
-0.007
|
0.020
|
|
LDL-cholesterol (mmol/l)
|
-0.139
|
-0.078
|
0.175
|
|
Apolipoprotein(a) (mg/l)
|
0.097
|
0.004
|
0.063
|
|
GFR (ml/min)
|
-0.285*
|
-0.144
|
-0.121
|
|
Urinary albumin/creatinine (mg/mmol)
|
-0.182
|
-0.163
|
-0.031
|
