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Table 5 Independent predictors to rheumatoid arthritis: binary logistic regression model

From: Ultrasound in clinically suspect arthralgia: the role of power Doppler to predict rheumatoid arthritis development

 

p*

Odds ratio

95% CI

Lower

Upper

Age

0.348

1.032

0.966

1.104

Time (months) from symptom onset

0.061

0.928

0.857

1.004

ESR (mm/h)

0.918

0.998

0.958

1.039

CRP > 0.5 mg/dL

0.430

2.438

0.267

22.258

ACPA (IU/mL)

0.153

1.002

0.999

1.006

GS US findings

0.998

1.133

0.002

31.876

PD US findings

0.236

1.238

0.022

2.557

 PD synovitis

0.573

2.017

0.176

23.121

PD tenosynovitis

0.039

6.982

1.106

44.057

  1. Abbreviations: US ultrasound, PD power Doppler, ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, ACPA anti-citrullinated peptide antibody
  2. *Multivariate analysis: odds ratio with confidence intervals