Predictors of Shoulder Pathology in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Lower Vitamin D levels showed a borderline significant association with abnormal HRUS (p=0.050) and were strongly associated with higher SPADI-Disability scores (p=0.001).

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Age, duration of illness, hemoglobin, neutrophils, lymphocytes, ESR, RBS, TSH, SGOT, and SGPT did not reach statistical significance, though SGPT trended toward association (p=0.080).

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Logistic regression identified lower Hb (p=0.006, OR=0.01) and higher platelet (PLT) count (p=0.016, OR=1.16) as significant predictors of abnormal HRUS findings, with erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) (p=0.010) and vitamin D deficiency (p=0.050) approaching significance.

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