Table 2.

Prediction of improvement in work disability

Independent variableUnivariate analysisMultivariate analysis
OR (95% CI)p-valueOR (95% CI)p-value
Diagnosis
 RA reference reference
 AS 1.477 (1.150; 1.898) 0.002 1.466 (1.044; 2.058) 0.027
 PSA1.206 (0.840; 1.731)0.3101.226 (0.838; 1.792)0.293
Female0.821 (0.651; 1.034)0.0930.988 (0.754; 1.295)0.932
Age at start of anti-TNF therapy 0.983 (0.971; 0.994) 0.004 0.987 (0.974; 1.001)0.067
Disease duration0.992 (0.975; 1.009)0.3410.998 (0.980; 1.016)0.840
HAQ1.024 (0.839; 1.251)0.8151.181 (0.949; 1.470)0.135
Calendar year of starting anti-TNF
 before 2008 reference reference
 2009–20120.843 (0.639; 1.113)0.2280.799 (0.601; 1.062)0.122
 2013–20151.075 (0.804; 1.438)0.6241.001 (0.741; 1.352)0.995