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. 2018 Dec 31;13(12):e0210023. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210023

Table 4. Antibodies (Ab) to carbamylated BSA (CarBSA) are associated to a worse skin involvement.

Outcome variable Age group Predictor retained in the model B SE p OR 95% CI for OR
mRss Any Ab to CarBSA -2.91 1.06 0.006 0.05 0.070–0.430
<67 Ab to CarBSA -2.70 1.14 0.018 0.07 0.007–0.630
Scleredema Any Ab to CarBSA -3.20 0.76 <0.001 0.04 0.010–0.220
Disease duration -2.40 0.80 0.002 0.09 0.020–0.420
<67 Ab to CarBSA -3.00 0.88 0.001 0.05 0.010–0.281
Disease duration -2.24 0.84 0.008 0.10 0.020–0.554

CI, confidence interval; mRss, modified Rodnan skin score; OR, odds ratio; SE, standard error. A p<0.05 was considered statistically significant.