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Table 3 Predictors of flare during pregnancy from multivariable logistic and negative binomial regression analyses

From: Low frequency of flares during pregnancy and post-partum in stable lupus patients

Baseline variable

OR (95% CI)*

p value

RR (95% CI)**

p value

Age at screening (per increase of 1 year)

0.92 (0.88–0.97)

0.003

0.95 (0.91–0.99)

0.010

Screening C4 (low vs normal)

1.87 (1.08–3.22)

0.024

1.48 (0.97–2.26)

0.068

Screening PGA score (per increase of 0.5)

1.48 (1.19–1.84)

0.0005

1.30 (1.10–1.53)

0.002

  1. *Based on logistic regression model
  2. **Based on negative binomial regression analysis of multiple flares