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. 2022 Dec 6;12:21090. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-21533-5

Table 3.

Odds ratios for frailty by logistic regression analyses.

Variables Univariable OR Multivariable OR (Model 1) Multivariable OR (Model 2) Multivariable OR (Model 3)
OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value
Age (years) 1.06 (1.04–1.08)  < 0.001 1.05 (1.03–1.07)  < 0.001 1.04 (1.02–1.06)  < 0.001 1.05 (1.03–1.07)  < 0.001
Duration of disease (years) 1.02 (1.00–1.04) 0.025
BMI (kg/m2) 1.03 (0.98–1.08) 0.280 1.07 (1.00–1.14) 0.046 1.07 (1.01–1.14) 0.027 1.08 (1.01–1.14) 0.016
Married 0.60 (0.40–0.88) 0.010
Education ≥ 13 years 0.61 (0.39–0.93) 0.023
Steinbrocker stage (3/4) 1.62 (1.09–2.40) 0.017
Diabetes mellitus 2.31 (1.09–4.88) 0.029
Hypertension 2.63 (1.58–4.35)  < 0.001
Osteoporosis 2.80 (1.83–4.28)  < 0.001
Ever or current malignancy 2.24 (1.09–4.64) 0.029
DAS28-CRP 1.91 (1.54–2.35)  < 0.001 1.74 (1.34–2.26)  < 0.001
Finger/wrist joint symptoms 1.71 (1.14–2.55) 0.009 1.64 (1.01–2.65) 0.044
Grip strength (kg) 0.89 (0.86–0.92)  < 0.001 0.93 (0.89–0.97)  < 0.001 0.90 (0.87–0.94)  < 0.001 0.90 (0.86–0.94)  < 0.001

Frailty, The Kihon Checklist (KCL) ≥ 8 points.

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, BMI body mass index, DAS28-CRP 28-joint count Disease Activity Score using C-reactive protein.