Table 4.

Factors affecting clinical remission in study patients

Variable	Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
	OR (95% CI)	p value	Estimate	SE	OR (95% CI)	p value
Treatment groupa	1.078 (0.693–1.677)	0.7393
Sexb	1.039 (0.579–1.866)	0.8972
Age	0.988 (0.970–1.006)	0.1756
Disease duration	0.999 (0.996–1.001)	0.3000
SDAI at baseline	0.977 (0.957–0.997)	0.0251c
HAQ score at baseline	0.662 (0.483–0.907)	0.0102c	–0.435	0.165	0.648 (0.469–0.894)	0.0083d

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; SE, standard error; SDAI, simplified disease activity index; HAQ, Health Assessment Questionnaire.

^a0 = conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD), 1 = biologic DMARD.

^b0 = female, 1 = male.

^cp < 0.05.

^dp < 0.01.