Table 4

Associations between variables collected at patient's last visit and current disease activity

VariablesActive diseaseInactive disease
OR (95% CI)p ValueOR (95% CI)p Value
Age of disease onset*1.0 (0.9 to 1.0)0.1861.0 (1.0 to 1.1)0.186
Disease duration*1.1 (1.0 to 1.1)<0.001†1.0 (0.9 to 1.0)<0.001†
Delay in diagnosis*1.1 (1.0 to 1.1)0.017†0.9 (0.9 to 0.9)0.017†
ANA*0.9 (0.4 to 1.8)0.6821.2 (0.5 to 2.5)0.682
RF*1.5 (0.5 to 4.2)0.4720.7 (0.2 to 2.0)0.475
B27*1.5 (0.5 to 5.1)0.4810.6 (0.2 to 2.2)0.481
ACPA*2.5 (0.5 to 11.8)0.2390.4 (0.1 to 1.8)0.239
Years of education*1.0 (0.9 to 1.1)0.6861.0 (0.9 to 1.1)0.686
Professional activity*‡
 Unemployed0.6 (0.2 to 1.9)0.3521.8 (0.5 to 5.8)0.352
 RetiredNANANANA
 Retired due to JIA disability3.0 (0.8 to 1.9)0.1180.3 (0.1 to 1.3)0.118
HAQ score*9.1 (4.1 to 20.2)<0.001†0.1 (0.1 to 0.2)<0.001†
Duration of corticosteroid therapy*1.0 (1.0 to 1.0)0.019†1.0 (1.0 to 1.0)0.019†
Exposure to corticosteroids*1.6 (0.9 to 2.9)0.0770.6 (0.3 to 1.1)0.077
Exposure to biological DMARDs*1.3 (0.7 to 2.2)0.3750.8 (0.4 to 1.4)0.375
Exposure to synthetic DMARDs*0.8 (0.4 to 1.6)0.5521.2 (0.6 to 2.4)0.552
  • †p Value<0.05.

  • *Adjusted for ILAR Category.

  • ‡Compared to employed.

  • ACPA, anticitrullinated protein antibodies; ANAs, antinuclear antibodies; AS, ankylosing spondylitis; ASD, adult Still disease; DMARDs, disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs; E. oligoarthritis, extended oligoarthritis; EA, enteropathic arthritis; ERA, enthesitis-related arthritis; ILAR, International League of Associations for Rheumatology; JIA, juvenile idiopathic arthritis; PsA, psoriatic arthritis; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; RF, rheumatoid factor; RF+ polyarthritis, rheumatoid factor negative polyarthritis; RF+ polyarthritis, rheumatoid factor positive polyarthritis; SoJIA, systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis; Undif. arthritis, undifferentiated arthritis; USpA, undifferentiated spondyloarthritis.