Neuropathic pain in a sample of Egyptian patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Table 3 Univariate binary logistic regression analysis of the possible risk factors for neuropathic pain among RA patients

Characteristics	P value	Odd’s ratio	CI of odd’s
Female sex	0.896	1.156	0.133–10.007
Age	0.104	1.050	0.990–1.113
Education	0.859	0.947	0.527–1.701
Disease duration (years)	< 0.001	3.305	1.876–5.824
RF	0.578	1.467	0.380–5.656
Anti-CCP	0.516	1.450	0.472–4.455
VAS	< 0.001	4.586	2.176–9.664
DAS-28 score	< 0.001	9.268	3.575–24.027
HAQ	< 0.001	108.477	15.669–750.998
BMI (kg/m²)	< 0.001	2.324	1.627–3.319
ESR	< 0.001	1.192	1.106–1.284
CRP	< 0.001	1.313	1.169–1.475

RF Rheumatoid factor, Anti-CCP Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide, VAS Visual analog scale of pain, DAS28 Disease activity for 28 joint indices score, HAQ Health assessment questionnaire, BMI Body mass index, ESR Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, CRP C-reactive protein