Arthritis Research & Therapy

Table 4 Partial correlations between the periodontal SUVmax at baseline and ΔDAS28-CRP

From: Does periodontitis affect the treatment response of biologics in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis?

Control variables		ΔDAS28-CRP
Age (year)	r	−0.288
Age (year)	p	0.027
Disease duration (year)	r	−2.777
Disease duration (year)	p	0.005
RF (mg/dl)	r	−0.27
RF (mg/dl)	p	0.043
Smoking history	r	−0.246
Smoking history	p	0.19
ACPA (U/ml)	r	−0.213
ACPA (U/ml)	p	0.118

RF rheumatoid factor, ACPA anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody

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