Table 2.

Results of Multiple linear regression analysis

VariablesCoefficientt-statConfidence IntervalP value
Lower 95%Upper 95%
Age0,0021.427-0.0010.0060.154
Male gender0,0561.051-0.0490.1610.293
disease duration-0,003-1.093-0.0090.0020.275
Rheumatoid Factor positivity0,0100.159-0.1180.1390.873
Anti-ccp positivity-0,030-0.456-0.1580.0980.649
DAS28 at diagnosis0,71726.1730.6640.771>0.001
Presence of Thyroid Disease-0,157-1.988-0.312-0.0020.047