Table 5.
Baseline risk of a flare during year 2 using logistic regression analyses
| Adjusted* OR (95% CI) |
P value | Full model* OR (95% CI) |
P value | |
| Lifestyle | ||||
| Smoking daily | 0.19 (0.02 to 1.49) | 0.11 | ||
| Alcohol weekly vs less | 0.80 (0.38 to 1.72) | 0.57 | ||
| Sugar-sweetened soft drink daily | 0.97 (0.46 to 2.06) | 0.93 | ||
| Physical activity >3 times weekly | 1.80 (0.86 to 3.77) | 0.12 | ||
| Anthropometrical measures | ||||
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 0.95 (0.87 to 1.03) | 0.24 | ||
| Waist circumference (cm) | 0.99 (0.96 to 1.02) | 0.50 | ||
| Waist–height ratio | 0.15 (0.001 to 37.9) | 0.50 | ||
| Laboratory values | ||||
| Cholesterol (mmol/L) | 1.46 (1.08 to 1.98) | 0.014 | ||
| HDL-C (mmol/L) | 0.84 (0.31 to 2.03) | 0.74 | ||
| LDL-C (mmol/L) | 1.79 (1.22 to 2.62) | 0.003 | 1.79 (1.22 to 2.62) | 0.003 |
| Triglycerides (mmol/L) | 1.06 (0.81 to 1.40) | 0.66 | ||
| Creatinine (µmol/L) | 1.01 (0.99 to 1.03) | 0.34 | ||
| eGFR (mL/min. per 1.73 m2) | 0.99 (0.96 to 1.01) | 0.31 | ||
| ESR (mm/hour) | 1.01 (0.99 to 1.04) | 0.37 | ||
| Serum urate (µmol/L) | 1.00 (1.00 to 1.1) | 0.59 |
*Adjusted for age, gender, disease duration and comorbidities. Statistically significant p values are in bold.
ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol.