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. 2020 Jan 1;2(2):65–73. doi: 10.1002/acr2.11101

Table 2.

Multivariable logistic regressiona

Model Characteristics Derivation Validation
OR > 1.5 or OR < 0.67 Stepwise, AIC/BICb OR > 1.5 or OR < 0.67 Stepwise, AIC/BICb
AUROC (95% CI) 0.739 (0.679‐0.800) 0.728 (0.666‐0.790) 0.756 (0.689‐0.824) 0.731 (0.657‐0.806)
AUROC (10‐fold cross‐validation) (95% CI) 0.656 (0.588‐0.725) 0.669 (0.600‐0.737) 0.632 (0.549‐0.716) 0.639 (0.552‐0.727)
AIC 407.046 401.738 288.281 283.436
BIC 473.591 447.488 351.330 326.777
Calibration slope 0.995 0.996 0.971 1.023
Predictors Included P and OR (95% CI) P and OR (95% CI) P and OR (95% CI) P and OR (95% CI)
Age (OR per 1‐y increase) 0.1506 0.1135 0.1688 0.1424
  0.98 (0.96‐1.01) 0.98 (0.96‐1.00) 0.98 (0.95‐1.01) 0.98 (0.96‐1.01)
Baseline CDAI (OR per 1‐U increase) 0.1916 0.2277 0.0490 0.0919
  0.98 (0.96‐1.01) 0.99 (0.96‐1.01) 0.97 (0.94‐1.00) 0.97 (0.95‐1.00)
Disease duration (OR per 12‐mo increase) 0.4009 0.8205
  0.97 (0.91‐1.04) 0.99 (0.94‐1.05)
Sex 0.6441 0.6884 0.5047 0.5748
Female Reference Reference Reference Reference
Male 1.16 (0.62‐2.17) 1.13 (0.61‐2.09) 1.32 (0.58‐3.01) 1.26 (0.57‐2.78)
Region 0.0159 0.0137 0.0043 0.0064
Europe 2.33 (1.03‐5.27) 2.29 (1.02 ‐5.15) 3.93 (1.63 ‐9.46) 3.71 (1.56 ‐8.81)
North America Reference Reference Reference Reference
Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Turkey 0.99 (0.3‐3.23) 0.95 (0.29‐3.04) 0.83 (0.20‐3.42) 0.88 (0.22‐3.62)
South America 3.62 (1.43‐9.17) 3.55 (1.42‐8.85) 1.74 (0.61‐5.01) 1.71 (0.61‐4.82)
Past DMARD and methotrexate use 0.0194 0.0002 0.0690 0.0825
Both yes Reference Reference Reference Reference
Both no 2.59 (1.22‐5.53) 3.56 (1.91‐6.65) 1.38 (0.63‐3.02) 1.26 (0.61‐2.60)
DMARD, yes and methotrexate, no 1.19 (0.42‐3.32) 1.62 (0.63‐4.16) 0.32 (0.10‐1.00) 0.32 (0.10‐0.99)
ESR 0.1905 0.8256
Quartile 1 (2‐28 mm/h) Reference Reference
Quartiles 2‐4 (29‐160 mm/h) 1.6 (0.79‐3.21) 1.10 (0.47 ‐2.55)
HAQ‐DI 0.0647 0.0444 0.3217 0.3209
Quartile 1 (0‐1) 1.77 (0.76‐4.13) 1.80 (0.79‐4.07) 1.91 (0.64‐5.71) 1.83 (0.63‐5.34)
Quartiles 2‐3 (1.125‐2) 0.84 (0.40‐1.77) 0.83 (0.40‐1.71) 1.11 (0.42‐2.90) 1.06 (0.41‐2.72)
Quartile 4 (2.125‐3) Reference Reference Reference Reference
Hematocrit 0.3272 0.5292
Quartile 1 (29%‐36%) Reference Reference
Quartiles 2‐4 (37%‐51%) 1.40 (0.72‐2.72) 0.79 (0.38 ‐1.65)
CVD 0.4435 0.3742
Yes Reference Reference
No 1.57 (0.5‐4.96) 2.09 (0.41‐10.67)
Diabetes 0.4003 0.0333
Yes 1.50 (0.58‐3.89) 3.52 (1.10‐11.23)
No Reference Reference

Abbreviation: AIC, Akaike information criterion; AUROC, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve; BIC, Bayesian information criterion; CDAI, Clinical Disease Activity Index; CI, confidence interval; CVD, cardiovascular disease; DMARD, disease‐modifying antirheumatic drug; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; HAQ‐DI, Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index; OR, odds ratio.

a

Presented for predictors: P value and OR (95% CI).

b

AIC and BIC selection results in the same model.