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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Rheumatol. 2008 Sep 1;35(10):1966–1971.

TABLE 4.

Multiple Linear Regression, Change in mHAQ versus Baseline Values (including the frequency of DMARD changes variable)

6–12 Months Follow-Up
N=851
Covariates Estimate(Δ in
mHAQ)
Confidence
Interval
p-value
DMARD Frequency Index+ −0.064 (−0.123, −0.005) 0.034
MHAQ −0.299 (−0.35, −0.25) <0.001
DMARD added −0.196 (−0.30, −0.09) <0.001
+

DMARD Frequency Index is the ratio of number of previous DMARDs divided by disease duration in years.