From: Symptomatic aortitis at giant cell arteritis diagnosis: a prognostic factor of aortic event
Variable | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | ||||
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Hazard ratio | CI 95% | p | Hazard ratio | CI 95% | p | |
Age | 1.02 | 0.96; 1.08 | 0.61 | 0.98 | 0.91; 1.04 | 0.42 |
CRP | 0. 99 | 0.99; 1.00 | 0.54 | |||
Positive TAB | 0.79 | 0.31; 2.02 | 0.62 | |||
Male gender | 2.27 | 0.90; 5.77 | 0.08 | 1.39 | 0.41; 4.66 | 0.60 |
Headache | 0.41 | 0.15; 1.13 | 0.09 | |||
Mandibular symptoms | 0.04 | 0.00; 132.24 | 0.44 | |||
History of PMR prior to GCA diagnosis | 2.00 | 0.58; 7.29 | 0.30 | |||
Symptomatic aortitis | 7.54 | 2.17; 26.23 | 0.001 | 6.64 | 1.95; 22.58 | 0.002 |
Tobacco | 2.26 | 0.86; 5.95 | 0.10 | |||
Hypertension | 1.36 | 0.54; 3.44 | 0.51 | 2.50 | 0.92; 6.77 | 0.7 |
Hypercholesterolemia | 1.73 | 0.65; 4.58 | 0.27 | |||
Obesity | 0.72 | 0.21; 2.41 | 0.59 | |||
Diabetes | 1.25 | 0.34; 4.63 | 0.74 | |||
Aortic aneurysm at GCA diagnosis | 3.12 | 1.20; 8.12 | 0.02 | 2.43 | 0.76; 7.77 | 0.14 |
Aortic dissection | 0.49 | 0. 06; 3.75 | 0.49 | |||
Aortic thickening > 3 mm | 1.39 | 0.48; 4.05 | 0.54 | |||
Perfusion of methylprednisolone at diagnosis | 0.43 | 0.00; 119.63 | 0.44 | |||
Prednisone 1 mg/kg/d at diagnosis | 0.37 | 0.14; 0.99 | 0.05 | |||
IS at GCA diagnosis | 0.05 | 0.00; 580 e109 | 0.84 | |||
Antiplatelet at diagnosis | 1.44 | 0.51; 4.04 | 0.49 | |||
GCA relapse | 1.31 | 0.48; 3.56 | 0.60 | 3.62 | 1.21; 10.89 | 0.02 |