Arthritis Research & Therapy

Table 6 Multiple linear regression models of some of the inflammatory markers, and endothelial biomarkers with IMT as response variable in 79 patients with early RA

From: Atherosclerosis in early rheumatoid arthritis: very early endothelial activation and rapid progression of intima media thickness

	Model 1			Model 2
	β	95% CI	P	β	95% CI	P
VWF	4.420	0.617; 8.223	0.023	3.946	0.334; 7.557	0.033
tPA-mass	0.069	-0.027; 0.164	0.156	0.026	-0.070; 0.122	0.588
sICAM-1	0.200	-1.950; 2.349	0.854	0.616	-1.461; 2.693	0.556
sL-selectin	-0.719	-1.585; 0.147	0.102	-0.759	-1.631; 0.112	0.087
MCP-1	3.117	-0.022; 6.256	0.052	3.406	0.407; 6.405	0.027
ESR				-0.007	-0.023; 0.009	0.384

ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CI, confidence interval; IMT, intima media thickness; MCP-1, monocyte chemotactic protein-1; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; sICAM-1, soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1; tPA, tissue plasminogen activator; VWF, VonWillebrand factor.

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