Patient factors associated with waiting time to pediatric rheumatologist consultation for patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Table 3 Cox proportional hazard modeling of JIA wait times

Variables included in the model	Hazard Ratio (95% CI)	P value
Age at diagnosis	0.94 (0.89, 0.98)	0.005
Female sex	0.73 (0.47, 1.13)	0.16
Network distance in Km	1.00 (1.00, 1.00)	0.17
Number of Active Joints	0.99 (0.95, 1.02)	0.45
Pain (VAS)	1.00 (0.99, 1.00)	0.53
CRP	1.01 (1.00, 1.02)	0.27

Network distance: shortest distance between patient residence and the pediatric rheumatology center along roadways
CRP C-reactive protein, Km Kilometers, VAS Visual analog scale

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