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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2011 Jul;63(7):1055–1061. doi: 10.1002/acr.20471

Table 3.

Mixed-effects multivariable regression models for Physical Composite and Mental Composite Scores of the Short Form 36 questionnaire.

PCS MCS
β (95% CI) p-value β (95% CI) p-value
Age (per year) −0.11 (−0.21 to −0.012) 0.029 0.036 (−0.066 to 0.14) 0.49
Sex −2.38 (−4.98 to 0.21) 0.072 −2.32 (−4.88 to 0.24) 0.076
Diagnosis (MPA) 0.68 (−2.85 to 4.22) 0.71 2.34 (−1.19 to 5.87) 0.19
eGFR (per 10 ml/min) 0.058 (−0.48 to 0.59) 0.83 0.38 (−0.11 to 0.87) 0.13
Organ Involvement
 Systemic −4.83 (−11.08 to 1.41) 0.13 −4.98 (−11.23 to 1.26) 0.12
 Cutaneous −2.42 (−5.51 to 0.66) 0.12 2.22 (−0.87 to 5.32) 0.16
 Mucous Membrane/Eye −2.50 (−5.44 to 0.45) 0.096 −0.48 (−3.45 to 2.48) 0.75
 ENT −1.79 (−5.04 to 1.46) 0.28 2.97 (−0.27 to 6.22) 0.072
 Chest −2.26 (−4.86 to 0.35) 0.089 −2.96 (−5.58 to −0.33) 0.027
 Cardiac 0.82 (−5.20 to 6.84) 0.79 −0.97 (−7.08 to 5.12) 0.75
 Abdominal 1.69 (−4.86 to 8.25) 0.61 5.20 (−1.45 to 11.84) 0.13
 Renal −2.85 (−7.18 to 1.48) 0.20 0.63 (−3.21 to 4.48) 0.75
 Neurologic −5.84 (−9.09 to −2.60) <0.001 0.076 (−3.22 to 3.37) 0.96