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Table 3 Risk of damage accrual by HDAS patient category

From: Disease course following High Disease Activity Status revealed patterns in SLE

HDAS patient category

Odds of accruing damage

Unadjusted

Adjusted for observation timea

OR (95% CI)

p value

OR (95% CI)

p value

Never experienced HDAS

1

Not applicable

1

Not applicable

One HDAS visit only

1.6 (0.7–3.3)

0.252

1.6 (0.7–3.6)

0.267

All Recurrent HDAS

3.97 (2.43–6.49)

< 0.001

2.74 (1.60–4.69)

< 0.001

Recurrent but not Persistent HDAS

2.4 (1.2–4.7)

0.012

1.7 (0.8–3.6)

0.146

At least one episode of Persistent HDAS

5.5 (3.1–9.9)

< 0.001

3.7 (2.0–7.1)

< 0.001

  1. aAdjusted for observation time modelled as a categorical variable (< 5 years, 5–< 10 years, and 10+ years)