Abstract 152 Table 2 Odds ratios, 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) and p-values after adjustment for age, gender and thereafter for disease duration and prednisolone dosage

Strains	TNF-blockers without MTX vs MTX			TNF-blockers+MTX vs MTX
Strains	p	ODDS	95% CI	p	ODDS	95% CI
A	p = 0.027	0.339	0.130–0.886	p = 0.011	0.262	0.094–0.733
B	p = 0.134	0.466	0.171–1.266	p = 0.011	0.246	0.084–0.723
A+B	p = 0.003	0.223	0.084–0.595	p = 0.002	0.184	0.064–0.531