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Table 2 Factors associated with disease activity over time among incident cases of polyarticular JIA

From: Longitudinal assessment of racial disparities in juvenile idiopathic arthritis disease activity in a treat-to-target intervention

 

Unadjusted

Adjusted

β

[95% CI]

p-value

β

[95% CI]

p-value

Age at index visit

0.17

[0.02, 0.32]

0.02

0.11

[− 0.04, 0.25]

0.14

Male sex

0.27

[−1.71, 2.25]

0.79

  

Race

 White

  

  

 Black

2.83

[1.14, 4.52]

0.00

2.46

[0.80, 4.11]

< 0.01

 Asian/Other

−0.70

[−2.51, 1.12]

0.45

−0.78

[−2.46, 0.9]

0.36

 Hispanic ethnicity

− 2.81

[−8.06, 2.44]

0.29

  

Public insurance

1.06

[−0.45, 2.58]

0.17

  

RF positivity

1.16

[−0.43, 2.75]

0.15

−0.71

[−2.32, 0.9]

0.39

Baseline cJADAS-10

0.47

[0.34, 0.61]

0.00

0.48

[0.36, 0.61]

< 0.01

Non-biologic DMARD usea

−1.72

[−2.86, −0.58]

0.00

−2.66

[−3.78, − 1.55]

< 0.01

Biologic usea

− 1.46

[− 2.80, − 0.12]

0.03

−1.88

[− 3.14, − 0.61]

< 0.01

Time (months)

− 1.24

[− 1.41, − 1.06]

0.00

−1.07

[− 1.27, − 0.88]

< 0.01

Time-squared

0.03

[0.02, 0.04]

0.00

0.03

[0.02, 0.03]

< 0.01

  1. Marginal effect of covariates on repeated measures of cJADAS over time, estimated from linear mixed-effects models for incident cases of polyarticular JIA
  2. aTime-varying covariate
  3. RF rheumatoid factor; cJADAS-10 clinical Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score; DMARD disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug