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Table 3 Rheumatoid arthritis features associated with corticosteroid use

From: Rheumatoid artrhitis treatment in Brazil: data from a large real-life multicenter study

Clinical featurea

N(%)b

Odds ratio for corticosteroid use (95% CI)

Moderate or high disease activityc (DAS28-ESR)

543 (58.7)

1.50 (1.15–1.96)

Moderate or high disease activityc (DAS28-CRP)

437 (57.3)

1.59 (1.23–2.06)

High-titer rheumatoid factord

616 (56.1)

1.64 (1.29–2.08)

Positive anti-CCP

368 (76.8)

2.27 (1.48–3.51)

Erosive diseasee

602 (54.9)

1.56 (1.23–1.98)

Anemia

78 (7.03)

2.37 (1.46–3.85)

Subcutaneous nodules

92 (8,3)

1.82 (1.18–2.82)

  1. a Groups of patients with and without each feature were compared (binary logistic regression); p < 0.05 for all comparisons. b Total numbers and percentage of patients with the clinical feature among all those assessed for that variable. c Defined as DAS28 score > 3.2 d Defined as at least 3 times the upper limit of normality e Defined as at least 3 erosions in some specified joints (see methodology)