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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 3.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2012 May 24;126(1):76–82. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.089268

Table 3.

Unadjusted and Adjusted Odds Ratios for Risk Factors of Recurrent Cardiac-NL

Variable OR (95% CI)* P-value ORadj (95% CI)** P-value ORadj (95% CI)*** P-value
HCQ
 No 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1(ref)
 Yes 0.30(0.09–1.00) 0.050 0.23(0.06–0.92) 0.037 0.10(0.014–0.70) 0.020
Maternal Age at Time of Birth 1.01(0.93–1.09) 0.91
Maternal Race
 Non-White 1 1 1
 White 0.67 (0.29–1.56) 0.35 0.47(0.19–1.15) 0.099 0.55(0.21–1.45) 0.22
Maternal Diagnosis
 Asym/UAS 1
 SLE/SS/MCTD 1.33 (0.69–2.59) 0.38
Anti-SSB/La+
 No 1 1 1
 Yes 2.02(0.99–4.10) 0.052 2.06(0.98–4.37) 0.058 1.82(0.82–4.03) 0.14
Registry Source
 U.S. 1 1 1
 U.K. 0.97(0.30–3.10) 0.96 1.23(0.38–3.94) 0.73 1.41(0.43–4.61) 0.57
 FR 1.78(0.84–3.80) 0.13 2.68(1.08–6.67) 0.03 2.06(0.79–5.32) 0.14
Sex of Child
 Male 1
 Female 0.64(0.33–1.22) 0.18
Prophylactic Fluorinated Steroid Use
 No 1
 Yes 0.64(0.13–3.15) 0.58
Non-Fluorinated Steroid Use
 No 1
 Yes 0.83(0.40–1.72) 0.61
IVIG
 No 1
 Yes 0.80(0.35–1.80) 0.59
Year of Birth 1.01(0.97–1.06) 0.51
*

estimates of unadjusted Odds Ratios (OR) based on bivariate analyses with the 95% Confidence Intervals (CI) and corresponding p values.

**

estimates of adjusted OR with 95% CI and corresponding p value from a multivariable GEE model including hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) use, maternal race, the presence of anti-SSB/La antibody, and Registry source

***

estimates of adjusted OR with 95% CI and corresponding p value from a multivariable GEE model including hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) use, maternal race, the presence of anti-SSB/La antibody, and Registry source, excluding 2nd degree block and mild EFE cases

Asym=Asymptomatic, UAS=Undifferentiated Autoimmune Syndrome, SLE=Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, SS=Sjogren’s Syndrome, MCTD=Mixed Connective Tissue Disease