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Published in final edited form as: Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2010 Nov 3;28(5 0 62):S10–S14.

Table 2.

Results of Generalized Linear Models With Multiple Covariates

Outcome Variables	Age Estimate	Race	Gender	Disease Duration	BMI	NSAIDS/ COX II Inhibitors	Steroid	Ace- inhibitor/ ARB	CCB or pulmonary hypertension medications
Alkaline phosphatase	11^*	−5.5^*	−2.9^*	0.5^*	NS	5.3^*	3.8^*	2.6^*	−7.8^*
CK	−76^*	156^*	NS	NS	NS	5.1^*	133^*	NS	−60^*

P-value <0.05.

NS= not significant

The younger age group is set as reference group.