Table 3.

Univariate and multivariate analysis for predictors of successful GC stopping and flares after GC withdrawal

Successful GC withdrawal	OR	P value	CI
Disease duration	1.00	0.87	0.91 to 1.128
Complete remission	4.25	0.03	1.19 to 16.6
Clinical remission	0.36	0.05	0.09 to 1.06
LLDAS (not remission)	0.69	0.56	011 to 3.28
SLEDAI	0.70	0.02	0.52 to 0.95
Duration from last flare	1.00	0.87	0.90 to 1.12
SLICC	0.63	0.05	0.39 to 1.01
Multivariate analysis
Complete remission	0.40	0.69	0.004 to 38.9
Clinical remission	0.19	0.23	0.009 to 3.84
SLICC	0.59	0.09	0.32 to 1.08
SLEDAI	0.69	0.35	0.31 to 1.51
Flare after GC withdrawal
Disease duration	1.01	0.76	0.94 to 1.07
Complete remission	0.73	0.58	0.25 to 2.18
Clinical remission	0.53	0.29	0.16 to 1.79
LLDAS (not remission)	4.47	0.07	0.89 to 22.4
SLEDAI	1.43	0.03	1.03 to 1.98
Duration from last flare	0.78	0.03	0.63 to 1.96
SLICC	0.45	0.27	0.10 to 1.86
Multivariate analysis
SLEDAI	1.11	0.61	0.72 to 1.0
Duration from last flare	0.8	0.05	0.64 to 1.8

GC, glucocorticoid.