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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 14.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Rheum Dis. 2016 Jun 13;76(1):186–195. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209252

Table 3.

Prediction of case status (primary analysis) at 48 M by biomarker concentrations at baseline and by TICs of biomarkers over 12 and 24 M

Biomarker Baseline concentration 12 M TIC 24 M TIC



Mean (SD) median z score OR (95% CI)
p Value
Mean (SD) median z score OR (95% CI)
p Value
Mean (SD) median z score OR (95% CI)
p Value



Comparators Cases Comparators Cases Comparators Cases
Serum C1, 2C −0.03 (0.98) 0.06 (1.04) 1.09 (0.91 to 1.30) −0.01 (1.00) 0.02 (1.00) 1.02 (0.85 to 1.22) −0.02 (1.01) 0.05 (0.98) 1.07 (0.89 to 1.27)
−0.09 −0.02 0.3510 −0.04 −0.04 0.8354 −0.15 −0.01 0.4686

Serum C2C −0.02 (0.94) 0.04 (1.11) 1.05 (0.88 to 1.26) −0.01 (0.98) 0.02 (1.05) 1.00 (0.83 to 1.20) −0.03 (0.97) 0.05 (1.05) 1.07 (0.89 to 1.28)
−0.16 −0.12 0.5772 −0.12 −0.09 0.9940 −0.07 −0.03 0.4779

Serum Coll2-1 NO2 0.00 (1.03) −0.00 (0.94) 1.00 (0.83 to 1.21) 0.01 (1.02) −0.01 (0.96) 0.98 (0.80 to 1.19) −0.00 (1.02) 0.00 (0.95) 1.02 (0.85 to 1.23)
−0.18 −0.13 0.9601 −0.19 −0.18 0.8195 −0.23 −0.15 0.8238

Serum CPII 0.00 (1.02) −0.00 (0.95) 0.98 (0.81 to 1.18) 0.01 (1.00) −0.02 (1.00) 0.95 (0.78 to 1.16) 0.01 (1.02) −0.01 (0.95) 0.98 (0.81 to 1.19)
−0.15 −0.13 0.8017 −0.11 −0.18 0.6212 −0.14 −0.18 0.8179

Serum CS846 −0.01 (0.96) 0.03 (1.09) 1.06 (0.89 to 1.25) −0.01 (0.95) 0.03 (1.11) 1.06 (0.89 to 1.26) −0.02 (0.93) 0.04 (1.13) 1.07 (0.90 to 1.26)
−0.21 −0.23 0.5286 −0.19 −0.26 0.5024 −0.20 −0.25 0.4560

Serum CTXI −0.05 (1.01) 0.10 (0.96) 1.18 (0.99 to 1.41) −0.07 (0.98) 0.16 (1.04) 1.29 (1.08 to 1.54) −0.07 (0.97) 0.15 (1.05) 1.28 (1.08 to 1.53)
−0.28 −0.04 0.0583 −0.24 0.02 0.0057 −0.25 0.02 0.0051

Serum COMP 0.02 (1.02) −0.05 (0.95) 0.89 (0.74 to 1.07) 0.02 (1.02) −0.05 (0.95) 0.90 (0.74 to 1.09) 0.02 (1.03) −0.04 (0.94) 0.91 (0.76 to 1.09)
−0.13 −0.24 0.2254 −0.10 −0.26 0.2687 −0.07 −0.25 0.3083

Serum HA −0.04 (1.03) 0.07 (0.93) 1.07 (0.89 to 1.29) −0.06 (1.00) 0.12 (1.00) 1.18 (0.98 to 1.44) −0.06 (0.98) 0.13 (1.02) 1.22 (1.01 to 1.48)
−0.32 −0.22 0.4466 −0.35 −0.14 0.0877 −0.36 −0.12 0.0415

Serum MMP3 −0.02 (1.00) 0.03 (1.00) 0.99 (0.81 to 1.22) −0.03 (0.99) 0.07 (1.03) 1.06 (0.86 to 1.31) −0.04 (0.99) 0.08 (1.02) 1.09 (0.88 to 1.34)
−0.22 −0.24 0.9416 −0.22 −0.15 0.5978 −0.22 −0.14 0.4345

Serum NTXI −0.05 (0.99) 0.10 (1.01) 1.18 (0.99 to 1.41) −0.07 (0.97) 0.16 (1.05) 1.28 (1.07 to 1.53) −0.07 (0.97) 0.14 (1.05) 1.25 (1.05 to 1.48)
−0.22 −0.01 0.0591 −0.21 0.00 0.0064 −0.20 −0.09 0.0131

Serum PIIANP 0.04 (0.99) −0.09 (1.03) 0.88 (0.74 to 1.06) 0.06 (0.98) −0.13 (1.04) 0.83 (0.69 to 1.00) 0.04 (0.96) −0.08 (1.07) 0.89 (0.75 to 1.07)
−0.03 −0.16 0.1729 0.09 −0.18 0.0490 0.08 −0.10 0.2102

Urine Coll2-1 NO2 creatinine adjusted −0.02 (1.02) 0.03 (0.96) 1.05 (0.88 to 1.24) −0.03 (1.01) 0.06 (0.98) 1.10 (0.92 to 1.31) −0.03 (1.01) 0.07 (0.97) 1.11 (0.93 to 1.31)
−0.27 −0.20 0.6075 −0.29 −0.12 0.2878 −0.28 −0.13 0.2384

Urine C1, 2C creatinine adjusted 0.03 (1.02) −0.06 (0.96) 0.91 (0.76 to 1.09) 0.01 (1.02) −0.03 (0.96) 0.97 (0.80 to 1.16) 0.00 (1.02) −0.01 (0.97) 0.99 (0.83 to 1.19)
−0.14 −0.30 0.3166 −0.11 −0.09 0.7105 −0.11 −0.10 0.9339

Urine C2C-HUSA creatinine adjusted −0.04 (0.95) 0.09 (1.09) 1.12 (0.94 to 1.34) −0.05 (0.98) 0.11 (1.04) 1.16 (0.96 to 1.39) −0.08 (0.94) 0.16 (1.11) 1.27 (1.06 to 1.53)
−0.20 −0.08 0.2030 −0.25 −0.05 0.1231 −0.25 −0.06 0.0108

Urine CTXII creatinine adjusted −0.07 (0.96) 0.15 (1.06) 1.29 (1.08 to 1.55) −0.08 (0.98) 0.19 (1.02) 1.35 (1.12 to 1.62) −0.09 (0.98) 0.19 (1.01) 1.37 (1.15 to 1.65)
−0.35 −0.09 0.0049 −0.30 0.03 0.0015 −0.31 0.03 0.0006

Urine NTXI creatinine adjusted −0.04 (1.03) 0.09 (0.94) 1.17 (0.98 to 1.39) −0.06 (1.00) 0.12 (0.98) 1.24 (1.03 to 1.49) −0.07 (1.00) 0.14 (0.98) 1.29 (1.08 to 1.54)
−0.24 −0.07 0.0842 −0.18 −0.11 0.0199 −0.22 −0.03 0.0057

Urine CTXIa creatinine adjusted −0.05 (0.99) 0.11 (1.01) 1.20 (1.01 to 1.43) −0.07 (0.98) 0.15 (1.03) 1.28 (1.07 to 1.53) −0.08 (0.97) 0.17 (1.04) 1.32 (1.11 to 1.58)
−0.26 −0.10 0.0364 −0.27 −0.02 0.0065 −0.30 0.04 0.0020

Urine CTXIp creatinine adjusted −0.03 (1.01) 0.06 (0.97) 1.14 (0.96 to 1.36) −0.06 (0.97) 0.13 (1.06) 1.27 (1.06 to 1.52) −0.06 (0.95) 0.13 (1.08) 1.27 (1.06 to 1.51)
−0.27 −0.12 0.1408 −0.27 −0.11 0.0099 −0.27 −0.09 0.0086

Odds shown per 1 SD increase in biomarker.

Values in bold represent associations of p≤0.05.

OR adjusted for age, sex, body mass index, race, baseline joint space width, Kellgren-Lawrence grade, baseline pain and pain medication use.

COMP, cartilage oligomeric matrix protein; CPII, C-propeptide of type II collagen; CS846, chondroitin sulfate 846 epitope; CTXI, C-terminal crosslinked telopeptide of type I collagen; CTXII, C-terminal crosslinked telopeptide type II collagen; HA, hyaluronan; NTXI, N-telopeptide of type I collagen; TIC, time-integrated concentration.