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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 30.
Published in final edited form as: J Rheumatol. 2011 Nov 15;38(12):2675–2681. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.110427

Table 4.

Predictors of inactive disease after newly initiating treatment with TNF-α inhibitor. Odds ratios less than 1 signify decreased odds of attaining inactive disease.

Outcome Predictors Univariate Odds Ratio Multivariable model Odds Ratio
Inactive disease at 1 year follow-up ERA (vs RF-poly) 0.23 (0.07 – 0.84) 0.20 (0.07 – 0.56)
Baseline CHAQ < 1 4.1 (1.4 – 13) 5.7 (1.7 – 19)
Active enthesitis 0.36 (0.13 – 0.96) ------
Inactive disease ever ERA (vs RF-poly) 0.24 (0.07 – 0.82) 0.24 (0.08 – 0.75)
Baseline CHAQ < 1 2.8 (1.2 – 6.7) 6.0 (1.6 – 23)
Normal ESR at baseline 0.43 (0.17 – 1.1) ------
Active enthesitis 0.43 (0.20 – 0.95) ------
Number of follow-up visits 1.4 (1.1 – 1.7) 1.5 (1.1 – 2.1)

(TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor alpha; RF, rheumatoid factor; ERA, enthesitis-related arthritis; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CHAQ, Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire)