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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 20.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Rheum Dis. 2018 Oct 8;77(12):1742–1749. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213718

Table 3A.

Patients characteristics associated with cNL in multivariable GEE analyses

OR (95% CI) P value
Maternal characteristics
Anti-La antibody positive 2.7 (1.7-4.3) < 0.01
Hydroxychloroquine 0.4 (0.2-0.7) < 0.01
Non-fluorinated steroids±azathioprine 0.5 (0.3-0.8) 0.01
Children characteristics
Female gender 1.7 (1.1-2.6) 0.02
Registrya 2.0 (1.1-3.6) 0.02

GEE, generalized estimating equations; OR (95% CI), odds ratio (95% confidence interval); SS, Sjogren's syndrome.

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Comparator is the SickKids NLE Database Registry.