Research Article
Demographic, Clinical Profile of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients and Their Association with Disease Severity in Ghana
Table 8
Clinical and laboratory factors associated with disease severity.
| Variable | O.R (95% CI) | value |
| Family history of RA | | | No | 1 | | Yes | 33.3 (2.312-480.4) | 0.010 | Hip circumference (cm) | 0.88 (0.711-1.0) | 0.239 | Waist circumference (cm) | 0.84 (0.642-1.1) | 0.223 | Age (years) | 0.91 (0.822-1.0) | 0.129 | ESR (mm/h) | 1.07 (1.009-1.2) | 0.026 | B.M.I (kg/m2) | 0.97 (0.833-1.1) | 0.761 | HB (g/dL) | 1.13 (0.595-2.1) | 0.708 | CRP (mg/dL) | 21.29 (0.778-582.7) | 0.070 | MHAQ | | | Mild | 1 | | Moderate | 1.78 (0.105-30.12) | 0.690 | Severe | 10.6 (0.52-217.3) | 0.124 |
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