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/m^2)	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