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Table 2 Determinants of maintaining treatment unchanged

From: Determining a low disease activity threshold for decision to maintain disease-modifying antirheumatic drug treatment unchanged in rheumatoid arthritis patients

 

Odds ratio

95% confidence interval

Pvalue

Patient's global assessment of disease activity

0.15

0.11 to 0.21

< 0.0001

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate

0.49

0.37 to 0.65

< 0.0001

Number of tender joints

0.34

0.23 to 0.49

< 0.0001

Number of swollen joints

0.004

0.003 to 0.005

< 0.0001

Interaction (number of tender joints × number of swollen joints)

2.06

1.51 to 2.82

< 0.0001

  1. Determined using multivariate logistic regression, n = 7,224. Overall, all 28-joint disease activity score (DAS28) components are significant determinants of the decision to maintain treatment unchanged. All variables are transformed according to the DAS28 formula.