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Table 3 Predictors of RHI change after 6 months of antirheumatic treatment in patients with ED

From: Methotrexate and anti-tumor necrosis factor treatment improves endothelial function in patients with inflammatory arthritis

 

Unadjusted

Adjusted

 

Beta

P

95% CI

Beta

P

95% CI

Female gender

0.492

0.011

0.118 to 0.865

0.621

0.004

0.220 to 1.022

Age

–0.004

0.669

–0.024 to 0.016

–0.001

0.919

–0.021 to 0.019

Anti-TNF ± MTX

–0.505

0.008

–0.866 to –0.143

–0.448

0.032

–0.855 to –0.041

RDD

–0.026

0.033

–0.049 to –0.002

–0.024

0.068

–0.050 to 0.002

PsA

–0.067

0.779

–0.550 to 0.416

0.064

0.733

–0.386 to 0.514

AS

–0.267

0.242

–0.722 to 0.188

0.219

0.419

–0.327 to 0.765

CRP

–0.004

0.523

–0.017 to 0.009

   

ESR

–0.002

0.771

–0.017 to 0.013

   

PTX3

–0.071

0.255

–0.194 to 0.053

   

PGA

0.008

0.160

–0.003 to 0.019

   

PtGA

–0.001

0.824

–0.008 to 0.006

   

MHAQ

–0.328

0.332

–1.006 to 0.349

   

NSJ

–0.150

0.050

–0.299 to 0.000

   
  1. Comparators: female gender versus male gender, anti-TNF ± MTX versus MTX monotherapy
  2. Statistically significant differences are shown in bold typeface
  3. anti-TNF anti-tumor necrosis factor, AS ankylosing spondylitis, CI confidence interval, CRP C-reactive protein, ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, MHAQ Medical Health Assessment Questionnaire, MTX methotrexate, NSJ number of swollen joints, PGA Physicians' Global Assessment Score of Disease Activity, PsA psoriatic arthritis, PtGA Patients' Global Assessment Score of Disease Activity, PTX3 pentraxin 3, RDD rheumatic disease duration, RHI Reactive Hyperemic Index