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Table 6 Predictors of menstrual abnormalities among JSLE adolescent girls

From: Ovarian dysfunction in adolescent girls with autoimmune rheumatic diseases

Independent predictors

Unadjusted

adjusted

Odds ratio

95%CI

p-value

Odds ratio

95%CI

p-value

Disease duration

< 2 (r)

≥ 2

1.00

1.3

0.221–7.084

> 0.99

1.00

0.671

0.11–20.98

0.768

Cumulative dose of steroid

< 3.4 (r)

≥ 3.4

1.00

12.6

0.586-270.989

0.090

1.00

1.14

0.88–1.47

0.999

SLICC/ACR

Damage index

< 1 (r)

≥ 1

1.00

24

2.06-279.62

0.008

1.00

19.88

1.58–364

0.021*

  1. These cut-off points based on the ROC curve, r: reference group, OR: Odds ratio, CI: Confidence Intervals, SLICC/ACR: Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics/ACR damage index
  2. * P values < 0.05 is considered statistically significant