Table 4.

Crude and adjusted association of the percent change in CDAI with LVMI. Multivariable linear regression. Adjustment for the percentage change in ESR and CRP did not modify the association of the percentage change in CDAI with the percentage change in LVMI. The percentage change in CDAI accounted for almost 35% of the total variability in the percentage change in LVMI (R² = 0.34).

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
	β	p	β	p	β	p
% change CDAI	−0.298	< 0.001	−0.293	0.011	−0.324	0.006
% change CRP			0.117	0.815
% change ESR					−0.138	0.393
R2	0.336		0.338		0.365

CDAI: Clinical Disease Activity Index; LVMI: left ventricular mass index; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP: C-reactive protein; CDAI: Clinical Disease Activity Index.