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Table 3 Results of logistic regression analyses with different US definitions predicting the absence of DAS28 remission at 1 year

From: Can baseline ultrasound results help to predict failure to achieve DAS28 remission after 1 year of tight control treatment in early RA patients?

Ultrasound score

OR (95% CI)

Per point of:

 GS

0.99 (0.96–1.02)

 PD

0.99 (0.95–1.03)

Number of joints with:

 GS > 1

0.67 (0.27–1.71)

 PD > 0

0.80 (0.30–2.16)

 GS > 1 and/or PD > 0

0.96 (0.89–1.04)

 GS > 1 or PD > 0

0.96 (0.42–2.23)

 GS > 2

0.56 (0.27–1.20)

 GS > 2 or PD > 0

0.57 (0.27–1.21)

 GS > 0 and PD > 1

0.82 (0.39–1.7)

 GS > 0 and PD > 2

1.12 (0.41–3.01)

 GS > 1 and PD > 2

1.12 (0.41–3.01)

 GS > 2 and PD > 1

0.71 (0.32–1.56)

 GS > 2 and PD > 2

1.26 (0.37–4.24)

 GS > 0 or PD > 0

0.40 (0.12–1.33)

  1. Continuous measures: ultrasound joint count = number of joints with greyscale (GS) > 1 and/or power Doppler (PD) > 0; GS sum = sum of GS scores; PD sum = sum of PD scores; GS > x, presence of a joint(s) with a GS > x; PD > y, presence of a joint with a PD > y
  2. CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio