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. 2022 Sep 16;12(9):e061474. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061474

Table 2.

Result from the multivariable logistic regression investigating the association between body mass index (BMI) categories and various clinical outcomes, with maximum follow-up 9 months and 15 months

sample size, n Maximum follow-up 9 months Maximum follow-up 15 months
n (%) events OR (95% CI) ORadj (95% CI) N events OR (95% CI) ORadj (95% CI)
MDA
 Normal weight 306 45 (14.7) 1 (ref.) 1 (ref.) 86 (28.1) 1 (ref.) 1 (ref.)
 Overweight 285 21 (7.4) 0.47 (0.27–0.82) 0.52 (0.28–0.96) 61 (21.4) 0.67 (0.45–0.98) 0.75 (0.48–1.15)
 Obese 183 12 (6.6) 0.41 (0.21–0.80) 0.44 (0.21–0.94) 30 (16.4) 0.50 (0.31–0.80) 0.57 (0.34–0.96)
DAPSA-remission
 Normal weight 306 31 (10.1) 1 (ref.) 1 (ref.) 67 (21.9) 1 (ref.) 1 (ref.)
 Overweight 285 11 (3.9) 0.35 (0.17–0.72) 0.40 (0.18–0.88) 31 (10.9) 0.42 (0.26–0.68) 0.50 (0.30–0.84)
 Obese 183 8 (4.4) 0.41 (0.18–0.92) 0.49 (0.20–1.18) 17 (9.3) 0.37 (0.21–0.67) 0.47 (0.25–0.87)
DAPSA-remLDA
 Normal weight 306 47 (15.4) 1 (ref.) 1 (ref.) 117 (38.2) 1 (ref.) 1 (ref.)
 Overweight 285 37 (13.0) 0.81 (0.51–1.30) 0.88 (0.52–1.50) 104 (36.5) 0.91 (0.65–1.27) 0.90 (0.62–1.31)
 Obese 183 22 (12.0) 0.75 (0.43–1.29) 0.75 (0.40–1.40) 52 (28.4) 0.64 (0.43–0.95) 0.66 (0.42–1.03)
cDAPSA-remission
 Normal weight 306 36 (11.8) 1 (ref.) 1 (ref.) 77 (25.2) 1 (ref.) 1 (ref.)
 Overweight 285 22 (7.7) 0.62 (0.35–1.09) 0.70 (0.38–1.30) 53 (18.6) 0.65 (0.43–0.98) 0.75 (0.48–1.16)
 Obese 183 12 (6.6) 0.53 (0.27–1.06) 0.64 (0.31–1.35) 23 (12.6) 0.43 (0.26–0.72) 0.55 (0.32–0.95)
DAS28-remission
 Normal weight 306 68 (22.2) 1 (ref.) 1 (ref.) 153 (50) 1 (ref.) 1 (ref.)
 Overweight 285 64 (22.5) 1.01 (0.68–1.49) 0.91 (0.58–1.43) 140 (49.1) 0.91 (0.65–1.28) 0.89 (0.61–1.3)
 Obese 183 29 (15.8) 0.67 (0.41–1.08) 0.50 (0.28–0.89) 70 (38.3) 0.62 (0.42–0.91) 0.57 (0.36–0.88)
Treatment persistence at the end of follow-up
 Normal weight 306 204 (66.7) 1 (ref.) 1 (ref.) 159 (52) 1 (ref.) 1 (ref.)
 Overweight 285 184 (64.6) 0.86 (0.60–1.21) 0.91 (0.60–1.36) 148 (51.9) 0.96 (0.69–1.34) 0.97 (0.67–1.42)
 Obese 183 111 (60.7) 0.77 (0.52–1.12) 0.91 (0.57–1.44) 81 (44.3) 0.73 (0.51–1.07) 0.87 (0.57–1.33)

cDAPSA-remission, clinical Disease Activity for Psoriatic Arthritis (DAPSA) remission; DAPSA-remission, Disease Activity for Psoriatic Arthritis (DAPSA) remission; DAPSA-remLDA, DAPSA remission or low disease activity; DAS28-remission, 28-joint Disease Activity Score remission; MDA, Minimal Disease Activity; n, number; OR, odds ratio adjusting for: sex, age; ORadj, adjusting for: sex, age, high educational level, smoker, b/tsDMARDbiologic or targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug, csDMARDconventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, corticosteroid.; ref., reference.