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. 2016 Sep 22;2(2):e000304. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2016-000304

Table 6.

Predictors of functional status, damage and inactive disease

Variables HAQ
JADI-A
JADI-E
Inactive disease
β (95% CI) p Value β (95% CI) p Value β (95% CI) p Value OR (95% CI) p Value
Gender—female −0.03 (−0.2 to 0.2) 0.771 2.0 (−3.1 to 7.1) 0.436 −0.03 (−0,7 to 0.7) 0.937 2.3 (0.2 to 31.3) 0.528
Age at the time of last visit (years) 0.03 (0.0 to 0.04) <0.0001* 0.3 (0.1 to 0.5) 0.004* 0.02 (−0.0 to 0.1) 0.102 0.9 (0.9 to 1) 0.031*
Age at disease onset (years) −0.02 (−0.04 to −0.0) 0.021* −0.9 (−1.4 to −0.3) 0.003* −0.1 (−0.8 to −0.0) 0.008* 1.4 (1.1 to 1.8) 0.008*
Years of education −0.02 (−0.1 to 0.0) 0.055
JIA ILAR category† 0.4129 0.0349* 0.5406 0.5123
E. oligo 0.04 (−0.3 to 0.4) 0.798 4.5 (−3.2 to 12.2) 0.246 0.5 (−0.6 to 1.5) 0.372
RF+ poly 0.34 (0.0 to 0.7) 0.036 16.2 (6.8 to 25.6) 0.001* −0.2 (−1.6 to 1.2) 0.744 8.6 (0.3 to 221.7) 0.194
RF− poly 0.10 (−0.2 to 0.4) 0.501 6.2 (−0.8 to 13.2) 0.081 0.8 (−0.2 to 1.7) 0.124 5.1 (0.2 to 116.9) 0.311
SoJIA 0.05 (−0.4 to 0.5) 0.805 10.2 (1.0 to 19.3) 0.029* 0.3 (−1.0 to 1.7) 0.635 4.2 (0.1 to 314.6) 0.513
ERA 0.2 (−0.1 to 0.5) 0.116 6.4 (−0.8 to 13.6) 0.082 0.7 (−0.3 to 1.7) 0.148 20.4 (0.5 to 853.8) 0.114
PsA 0.1 (−0.5 to 0.6) 0.844 0.2 (19.2 to 19.5) 0.987 0.3 (−1.9 to 2.6) 0.773
Corticosteroids exposure (yes) 1.1 (0.4 to 1.9) 0.002*
ACPA positive 0.1 (0.0 to 0.7) 0.028*
RF positive 12.9 (0.8 to 200.2) 0.068

*Statistical significance.

†Persistent oligoarthritis used as comparator.

ACPA, anticitrullinated protein antibodies; E. oligo, extended oligoarthritis; ERA, enthesitis-related arthritis; HAQ, Health Assessment Questionnaire; ILAR, International League of Associations for Rheumatology; JADI, Juvenile Arthritis Damage Index; JIA, juvenile idiopathic arthritis; PsA, psoriatic arthritis; RF− poly, rheumatoid factor negative polyarthritis; RF, rheumatoid factor; RF+ poly, rheumatoid factor positive polyarthritis; SoJIA, systemic arthritis.