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Table 5 Final multivariate models: Odds Ratios and 95% confidence intervals for four different outcomes

From: High prevalence of obesity in rheumatoid arthritis patients: association with disease activity, hypertension, dyslipidemia and diabetes, a multi-center study

Variable

Increased vs. non-increased WC (IDF)

OR (95% CI)

Increased vs. non-increased WC (NCEP)

OR (95% CI)

Overweight vs. low weight/eutrophic

OR (95% CI)

Obese vs. low weight/eutrophic

OR (95% CI)

Non-white race/color (ref: white)

–

–

1.4***

1.2; 1.7

–

–

–

–

Age (ref: ≤39 years)

 40–49 years

–

–

1.2

0.9; 1.6

0.9

0.4; 2.4

2.5***

1.7; 3.7

 50–59 years

–

–

1.9***

1.4; 2.4

1.2

0.5; 2.7

2.9*

1.3; 6.5

 60–69 years

–

–

0.9

0.5; 1.6

1.3

0.9; 1.8

1.6**

1.2; 2.3

  ≥ 70 years

–

–

1.0

0.4; 2.2

0.9

0.7; 1.2

1.5

0.6; 3.7

Diabetes mellitus (ref: no DM)

4.5***

3.5; 5.7

7.4***

3.7; 15.0

1.1

0.6; 1.9

0.8**

0.7; 0.9

SAH (ref: no SAH)

6.4***

4.9; 8.2

8.9***

4.5; 17.9

0.9

0.6; 1.6

2.5***

2.1; 3.0

Dyslipidemia (ref: no dyslipidemia)

2.1***

1.8; 2.5

2.2***

1.6; 2.9

1.4***

1.2; 2.6

2.2***

1.5; 3.1

DAS28 (ref: ≤2.59; remission)

 2.60–3.19 (low activity)

1.8**

1.3; 2.5

–

–

2.2***

1.6; 3.1

1.8***

1.3; 2.4

 3.2–5.09 (moderate activity)

1.3***

1.2; 1.4

–

–

1.2

0.7; 1.9

1.0

0.6; 1.6

  ≥ 5.1 (high activity)

1.8

0.9; 3.3

–

–

1.8**

1.3; 2.6

1.9**

1.1; 3.2

  1. *p <0.05; **p <0.01; ***p <0.001;
  2. SAH = systemic arterial hypertension; DAS28 = disease activity score in 28 joints; Overweight = BMI >24.99 and <30;Obese = BMI>29.9; Low weight/eutrophic = BMI<25