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Table 6 Independent predictors of cortical hand bone loss, results from multivariate logistic regression analyses

From: Antibodies to cyclic citrullinated protein and erythrocyte sedimentation rate predict hand bone loss in patients with rheumatoid arthritis of short duration: a longitudinal study

 

One-year cortical hand bone loss

Two-year cortical hand bone loss

Five-year cortical hand bone loss

 

OR

(95% CI)

P value

OR

(95% CI)

P value

OR

(95% CI)

P value

Anti-CCP (> 25 U/ml)

2.2

(1.0 to 4.5)

0.04

2.6

(1.1 to 6.2)

0.03

4.9

(1.4 to 16.7)

0.01

ESR (> 20 mm/h)

4.5

(2.0 to 9.9)

< 0.001

3.5

(1.3 to 9.3)

0.01

  

Prednisolone use

  

4.7

(1.6 to 14.1)

0.006

  

Age (years)

1.0

(0.9 to 1.0)

0.62

1.0

(0.9 to 1.1)

0.23

1.1

(1.0 to 1.1)

0.89

Sex (female)

1.0

(0.4 to 2.4)

0.95

0.5

(0.2 to 1.3)

0.14

0.9

(0.2 to 3.4)

0.02

Constant

0.5

0.35

0.4

0.37

0.3

0.31

  1. Final models after multivariate logistic regression analyses. Dependent variable: cortical hand bone loss (yes/no). Anti-CCP = antibodies to cyclic citrullinated peptide; CI = confidence interval; ESR = erythrocyte sedimentation rate; OR = odds ratio.