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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Rheumatol. 2018 Nov 15;46(3):237–244. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.180071

Table 2:

Factors Associated with RA Biologic or JAKi Treatment Switch (n=60,596 patients analyzed)

Adjusted* Odds Ratio (95% CI)
MBDA Score
 Low (referent)
 Moderate (30–44)
 High (>44)

1.0
1.51 (1.35 – 1.69)
2.62 (2.26 – 3.05)
Age (5 year increments) 0.91 (0.89 – 0.92)
Male sex (female referent) 0.85 (0.79 – 0.91)
Low income** 1.16 (1.07 – 1.25)
Race (Caucasian referent)
 Black
 Other

0.76 (0.69 – 0.84)
0.93 (0.86 – 1.01)
Fibromyalgia 1.13 (1.05 – 1.21)
Charlson comorbidity index
 0
 1
 2
 3+

1.0 (referent)
1.24 (1.10–1.40)
1.25 (1.10–1.42)
1.38 (1.12–1.47)
Recent hospitalization 1.18 (1.10–1.28)
RA medications
 TNFi biologic
 Non-TNFi biologic
 MTX
 HCQ/SSZ/LEF
 Glucocorticoid

0.60 (0.52 – 0.68)
0.57 (0.47 – 0.68)
1.09 (1.02 – 1.16)
1.01 (0.95 – 1.08)
1.40 (1.33–1.48)

JAKi = janus kinase inhibitor

*

also adjusted for diabetes, chronic pulmonary disease, obesity, and being disabled, none of which were significant, and also for physician clustering (OR = 1.19, 95% CI 1.06 – 1.34)

**

reflected by state buy-in for Medicare premiums