After identifying those factors exhibiting statistical significance or near significance, a logistic regression model was developed with the presence or absence of RA as dependent variable.
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Periodontal, salivary and IL-6 status in rheumatoid arthritis patients. A cross-sectional study.
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In contrast, the rest of the periodontal indices, such as pocket depth or periodontal attachment loss were not found to be significantly associated to an increased risk of RA in the logistic regression analysis ( p >0.05), though the values nevertheless came close to significance ( Table 2 ).