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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Rheumatol. 2019 Nov 8;39(2):365–373. doi: 10.1007/s10067-019-04800-1

Table 2:

Associations of time to SLICC/ ACR Damage Index items and smoking status in all cohort patients and separately in African- American and Caucasian patients (stratification by ethnicity)

All African American Caucasian
# of events HR1 (95% CI) p-value # of events HR2 (95% CI) p-value # of events HR2 (95% CI) p-value
Any cataract ever 420 1 (0.82,1.22) 0.9948 172 1.3 (0.95,1.78) 0.0979 229 0.77 (0.59,1.02) 0.0652
Retinal change OR optic atrophy 103 0.91 (0.6,1.36) 0.6389 42 0.85 (0.45,1.61) 0.6133 58 0.86 (0.5,1.49) 0.5988
Cognitive impairment OR major psychosis 135 1.09 (0.76,1.56) 0.6301 51 0.69 (0.38,1.28) 0.2434 78 1.22 (0.77,1.92) 0.4055
Seizures requiring therapy for 6 months 62 0.93 (0.54,1.62) 0.8047 24 0.65 (0.26,1.66) 0.3700 32 0.98 (0.46,2.06) 0.9505
Cerebral vascular accident ever OR resection 186 1.08 (0.8,1.47) 0.6012 85 1.08 (0.69,1.7) 0.7219 94 1.02 (0.66,1.56) 0.9427
Cranial OR peripheral neuropathy 186 0.85 (0.63,1.16) 0.3046 71 0.49 (0.29,0.83) 0.0081 109 1.24 (0.84,1.83) 0.2749
Transverse myelitis 16 0.51 (0.14,1.84) 0.3030 7 0.64 (0.12,3.59) 0.6158 8 0.38 (0.05,3.07) 0.3609
Estimated or measured GFR < 50% 447 0.94 (0.77,1.15) 0.5640 220 1.03 (0.78,1.36) 0.8484 193 0.82 (0.6,1.1) 0.1821
Proteinuria 3.5g/24hrs 179 0.95 (0.68,1.31) 0.7379 103 1.11 (0.72,1.7) 0.6390 53 0.79 (0.43,1.45) 0.4470
End-stage renal disease 120 0.72 (0.48,1.07) 0.1060 74 0.82 (0.49,1.35) 0.4285 37 0.57 (0.26,1.24) 0.1550
Pulmonary hypertension 190 1.19 (0.89,1.6) 0.2485 107 1.33 (0.89,1.98) 0.1593 76 0.95 (0.59,1.5) 0.8119
Pulmonary fibrosis 178 0.77 (0.56,1.06) 0.1035 89 0.54 (0.34,0.86) 0.0094 81 1.04 (0.66,1.63) 0.8681
Shrinking lung 9 0.34 (0.04,2.8) 0.3192 3 N/C N/C 6 0.52 (0.06,4.52) 0.5529
Pleural fibrosis 68 0.95 (0.58,1.58) 0.8563 31 0.52 (0.24,1.15) 0.1089 33 1.35 (0.67,2.72) 0.3976
Pulmonary infarction OR resection 8 0.66 (0.13,3.4) 0.6209 1 N/C N/C 7 0.77 (0.14,4.11) 0.7567
Angina OR coronary artery bypass 88 1.55 (1,2.39) 0.0498 29 1.41 (0.65,3.04) 0.3870 55 1.84 (1.06,3.19) 0.0309
Myocardial infarction ever 99 1.77 (1.17,2.67) 0.0070 43 1.52 (0.8,2.87) 0.2011 50 2.05 (1.16,3.63) 0.0138
Cardiomyopathy 80 1.37 (0.86,2.17) 0.1839 49 1.3 (0.72,2.36) 0.3891 27 1.45 (0.67,3.13) 0.3477
Valvular disease 59 0.87 (0.51,1.5) 0.6245 24 1.4 (0.6,3.25) 0.4406 33 0.62 (0.29,1.31) 0.2114
Pericarditis>6 months, OR pericardiectomy 30 0.85 (0.38,1.89) 0.6901 20 0.41 (0.13,1.29) 0.1287 9 3.15 (0.75,13.14) 0.1158
Claudication x6 months 35 2.87 (1.38,5.97) 0.0047 16 3.36 (1.03,10.96) 0.0440 19 2.54 (0.99,6.55) 0.0529
Minor tissue loss (pulp space) 15 0.64 (0.19,2.12) 0.4662 9 0.73 (0.17,3.22) 0.6826 5 0.46 (0.05,4.28) 0.4975
Significant tissue loss ever 21 1.44 (0.59,3.53) 0.4220 10 1.6 (0.42,6.05) 0.4881 10 1.4 (0.39,4.99) 0.6024
Venous thrombosis with swelling, ulceration, OR venous stasis 66 0.54 (0.31,0.94) 0.0294 26 0.52 (0.22,1.24) 0.1393 40 0.55 (0.27,1.13) 0.1029
Infarction or resection of bowel 209 1.06 (0.8,1.42) 0.6694 76 0.74 (0.45,1.22) 0.2370 126 1.22 (0.85,1.76) 0.2790
Mesenteric insufficiency 8 0.68 (0.16,2.98) 0.6083 5 1.09 (0.17,7.02) 0.9253 3 0.54 (0.05,6.2) 0.6241
Chronic peritonitis 7 0.26 (0.03,2.29) 0.2262 4 N/C N/C 3 1.11 (0.1,12.53) 0.9328
Stricture OR upper gastrointestinal tract surgery ever 16 1.08 (0.39,3.04) 0.8772 9 1.54 (0.39,6.17) 0.5405 7 0.67 (0.12,3.59) 0.6395
Pancreatitis 9 5.47 (1.09,27.42) 0.0386 2 N/C N/C 7 3.93 (0.73,21.29) 0.1124
Muscle atrophy or weakness 47 1.42 (0.78,2.6) 0.2489 26 0.73 (0.31,1.72) 0.4737 20 2.69 (1.08,6.72) 0.0337
Deforming or erosive arthritis 232 0.83 (0.63,1.09) 0.1759 130 0.76 (0.53,1.11) 0.1562 85 1.05 (0.68,1.63) 0.8283
Osteoporosis with fracture or vertebral collapse 312 0.9 (0.72,1.14) 0.4004 93 0.64 (0.41,0.99) 0.0454 210 1 (0.76,1.32) 0.9978
Avascular necrosis 198 1.24 (0.92,1.67) 0.1636 110 1.41 (0.94,2.11) 0.0991 73 0.95 (0.58,1.56) 0.8411
Osteomyelitis 19 1.21 (0.47,3.08) 0.6946 7 0.96 (0.19,4.8) 0.9555 12 1.48 (0.47,4.73) 0.5042
Ruptured tendon 74 1.25 (0.77,2.01) 0.3645 29 1.66 (0.75,3.69) 0.2137 41 0.72 (0.37,1.43) 0.3511
Scarring chronic alopecia 65 1.6 (0.96,2.67) 0.0713 53 1.51 (0.85,2.66) 0.1561 11 2.57 (0.73,9.11) 0.1432
Extensive scarring or panniculum other than scalp and pulp space 37 2.53 (1.26,5.07) 0.0092 27 2.92 (1.27,6.76) 0.0120 10 1.82 (0.5,6.59) 0.3596
Skin ulceration (not due to thrombosis) for more than 6 months 25 2.7 (1.15,6.35) 0.0225 13 3.17 (0.91,10.98) 0.0690 12 2.31 (0.7,7.57) 0.1681
Premature gonadal failure 67 1.45 (0.87,2.41) 0.1561 26 1.13 (0.49,2.63) 0.7719 32 1.89 (0.92,3.89) 0.0837
Diabetes 134 1.07 (0.75,1.53) 0.6926 79 1.27 (0.8,2.01) 0.3175 50 0.71 (0.39,1.3) 0.2678
Malignancy (exclude dysplasia) 245 0.99 (0.76,1.29) 0.9326 92 0.9 (0.59,1.39) 0.6392 148 1 (0.71,1.4) 0.9902
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Adjusted for sex, race, age at diagnosis, years of education

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Adjusted for sex, age at diagnosis, years of education