Table 5a.

Longitudinal analysis of change in disease activity level over 5 year period

	CDAI Change	95% Confidence Interval	P value*
Unadjusted Model
White	−2.81	(−3.19, −2.44)	Referent
Black	−3.46	(−4.97, −1.95)	0.416
Hispanic	−1.65	(−3.15, −0.15)	0.141
Asian	−1.53	(−4.18, 1.13)	0.346
Adjusted Model
White	−3.65	(−4.09, −3.21)	Referent
Black	−4.27	(−5.8, −2.74)	0.434
Hispanic	−2.73	(−4.25, −1.21)	0.244
Asian	−1.97	(−4.62, 0.69)	0.217

^*comparing change in clinical disease activity index (CDAI) for each race versus change for whites