Arthritis Research & Therapy

Table 7 Multiple linear regression models of inflammatory markers, and endothelial biomarkers with ED-FMD 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	6.594	-8.410; 21.598	0.384	5.099	-9.924; 20.122	0.501
tPA-mass	-0.339	-0.716; 0.038	0.077	-0.366	-0.766; 0.034	0.072
sICAM-1	-2.682	-11.164; 5.799	0.530	-3.201	-11.840; 5.439	0.462
sL-selectin	5.125	1.708; 8.542	0.004	6.406	2.780; 10.033	0.001
MCP-1	4.476	-7.908; 16.860	0.474	6.387	-6.087; 18.862	0.311
ESR				0.048	-0.018; 0.114	0.114

CI, confidence interval; ED-FMD, endothelial dependent flow mediated dilatation; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; 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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