Prognostic factors of radiographic progression in early rheumatoid arthritis: a two year prospective study after a structured therapeutic strategy using DMARDs and very low doses of glucocorticoids.

All marginally significant variables ( p < 0.25) in the univariate analysis were entered into the multivariate analysis (stepwise logistic regression model) as independent variables.

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A marginal significance was also observed for RF and mHAQ (Table 3 ).

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Women had greater radiographic progression than men, as observed in other studies [ 20 , 27 ], although others reports only found a nonsignificant trend [ 18 , 24 ].

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