Complement lectin pathway protein levels reflect disease activity in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a longitudinal study of the Nordic JIA cohort

Table 4 Associations between lectin pathway proteins at baseline and remission 17 years after disease onset* (n = 238)

	Univariate crude odds ratio (95% CI)	P values
PREDICTORS EARLY IN DISEASE COURSE
ESR	0.984(0.97–0.99)	0.01**
JADAS71	0.91(0.84–0.98)	< 0.01**
Cumulative joint count	0.92 (0.88–0.97)	< 0.01**
H-ficolin	0.86(0.38–2.25)	0.86
M-ficolin	1.53(0.69–3.42)	0.30
MASP-1	1.14(0.58–2.28)	0.70
MASP-3	0.87(0.26–2.93)	0.82
MBL	1.06(0.87–1.29)	0.56
CL-K1	1.69(0.62–4.60)	0.31

*according to the preliminary Wallace criteria, ESR erythrocytes sedimentation rate at baseline, JADAS27 juvenile arthritis disease activity score of 27 joints; cumulative joint count cumulative joint count within the first 6 months (−1/+ 2 months) after disease onset, MASP MBL-associated serine proteases, MBL mannan-binding lectin, CL-K1 collectin kidney 1, ** Statistical significance (p ≤ 0.05)

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