Table 4

The Cox regression analysis of predictive factors for complete remission to treatment

	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
	HR	95% CI	P value	HR	95% CI	P value
EXT1	2.895	1.035 to 8.101	0.043	5.647	1.323 to 12.048	0.019
C3	0.990	0.975 to 1.005	0.191	0.994	0.970 to 1.019	0.640
MAP	1.034	0.995 to 1.073	0.087	1.037	0.988 to 1.088	0.143
Anti-SSA	3.074	1.003 to 9.417	0.051	2.525	0.623 to 10.227	0.149
Anti-SSB	3.344	1.502 to 7.447	0.087	1.577	0.517 to 4.810	0.423
WBC	0.817	0.655 to 1.019	0.073	0.853	0.703 to 1.035	0.108
AI	1.288	0.890 to 1.865	0.179	0.500	0.252 to 0.992	0.055

P<0.05 is considered significant. Data with significant differences are highlighted in bold.
AI, activity index; anti-SSA, anti-Sjögren syndrome A antibody; anti-SSB, anti-Sjögren syndrome B antibody; EXT1, exostosin 1; MAP, mean arterial pressure; WBC, white blood cell.