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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Ophthalmol. 2006 Dec 20;143(4):647–655. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.11.025

Table 3.

Risk factors for poor visual acuity at presentation in eyes affected with JIA-related uveitis

Characteristic 20/50 or worse 20/200 or worse

Crude OR
(95% CI, P)*
Adjusted OR
(95% CI, P)†
Crude OR
(95% CI, P)*
Adjusted OR
(95% CI, P)†
Age at uveitis diagnosis 0.98 (0.94-1.03, 0.44) 0.93 (0.87-0.99, 0.03)
Gender (male vs female) 0.92 (0.46-1.85, 0.83) 1.06 (0.44-2.56, 0.88) 3.70 (0.92-14.3, 0.07)
Race (other vs white) 1.41 (0.92-2.16, 0.12) 1.28 (0.82-1.98, 0.28)
Bilateral disease 2.19 (0.81-5.92, 0.12) 4.33 (0.95-9.65, 0.06)
Duration of uveitis (years) 3.77 (1.74-8.17, 0.001) 3.38 (1.37-8.29, 0.008)
Persistent oligoarthritis 1.36 (0.54-3.44, 0.51) 0.84 (0.30-2.15, 0.66)
ANA-positive 3.40 (1.27-9.08, 0.02) 2.71 (0.85-8.61, 0.09)
Posterior synechiae 3.51 (1.62-7.64, 0.002) 2.23 (1.00-5.14, 0.05) 8.56 (1.67-43.8, 0.01)
Band keratopathy (peripheral) 3.17 (1.84-5.46, <0.001) 3.51 (2.10-5.87, 0.001)
Anterior chamber flare 3.23 (1.96-5.32, <0.001) 7.16 (1.48-34.6, 0.01) 2/03 (1.28-3.21, 0.003) 1.82 (1.04-3.18, 0.04)
Abnormal IOP (<5 or >21 mm Hg) 3.28 (1.44-7.42, 0.004) 4.58 (1.90-11.03, 0.001) 2.56 (0.81-8.11, 0.11)
Prior hypotony 13.26 (2.62-67.07, 0.002) 8.55 (2.15-33.90, 0.002)
Prior ocular hypertension 2.50 (1.01-6.19, 0.05) 4.26 (0.71-25.5, 0.11) 2.17 (0.79-5.94, 0.13)
Prior systemic corticosteroids 5.08 (2.33-11.04, <0.001) 4.43 (0.88-22.2, 0.07) 4.32 (1.84-10.20, 0.001)
Prior methotrexate 1.26 (0.53-3.01, 0.60) 1.86 (0.74-4.73, 0.19)
Prior surgery 9.16 (3.94-21.31, <0.001) 12.11 (2.44-21, 0.008) 7.27 (2.99-17.66, 0.001) 12.92 (1.90-88.1, 0.009)
Systemic corticosteroids at presentation 3.00 (0.99-9.07, 0.05) 6.41 (2.06-19.98, 0.001)
Methotrexate at presentation 1.06 (0.42-2.66, 0.90) 0.13 (0.01-0.96, 0.05) 1.83 (0.69-4.81, 0.22)

JIA = juvenile idiopathic arthritis

*

OR = odds ratio (95% Confidence interval, P-value)