Table 4.

Multivariate logistic regression analysis for response to treatment with methylprednisolone.

	OR	CI (95%)	p-value
(Intercept)	6.31	0.16 - 442.7	0.34
TSI (low) a	13.8	1. 97 - 171.2	< 0.05
Age	0.95	0.89 - 1.01	0.099
Sex (male)	0.68	0.098 - 4.33	0.68
Smoking (unknown)	3.33	0.18 - 136.8	0.45
Smoking (yes)	0.23	0.031 - 1.35	0.12

a: low TSI is based on Youden’s index (< 19.4 IU/L).

Bold refers to statistically significant results.