Table 3. Association of BMD at different locations with anti-CarPA stratified as negative, low-positive and high-positive.
Location | BMD measure | anti-CarPA | Coefficient a | SE | P |
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LS | mg/cm2 | negative b | ref. | ||
low-positive | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.7 | ||
high-positive | -0.04 | 0.02 | 0.03 | ||
Z-score | negative a | ref. | |||
low-positive | 0.05 | 0.16 | 0.8 | ||
high-positive | -0.39 | 0.16 | 0.01 | ||
TH | mg/cm2 | negative c | ref. | ||
low-positive | -0.03 | 0.02 | 0.10 | ||
high-positive | -0.03 | 0.02 | 0.08 | ||
Z-score | negative c | ref. | |||
low-positive | 0.00 | 0.13 | 1.0 | ||
high-positive | -0.30 | 0.13 | 0.02 | ||
MCP d | mg/cm2 | negative a | ref. | ||
low-positive | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.4 | ||
high-positive | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.4 |
BMD was measured either as mg/cm2 or as Z-scores.
a Multiple linear regression analysis including as covariates sex, BMI, age at initiation, and menopause status
b Idem as a plus a covariate for ethnicity
c Idem as a plus a covariate for disease activity measured with HUPI
d Z-scores for BMD at MCP joints are not available