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Table 2 Overall (aggregate) associations between time-varying indices of disease activity and fatigue severity over time

From: Fatigue is associated with disease activity in some, but not all, patients living with rheumatoid arthritis: disentangling “between-person” and “within-person” associations

 

Estimate (95% CI)

Standardized estimate (95% CI)

t

p

DAS28-ESR

0.651 (0.508–0.795)

0.274 (0.214–0.334)

8.934

 < 0.0001

CRP

0.041 (0.029–0.052)

0.150 (0.108–0.193)

6.922

 < 0.0001

ESR

0.037 (0.027–0.046)

0.197 (0.146–0.247)

7.648

 < 0.0001

SJC

0.192 (0.132–0.251)

0.121 (0.083–0.159)

6.315

 < 0.0001

TJC

0.200 (0.158–0.243)

0.180 (0.141–0.218)

9.197

 < 0.0001

VAS-GH

0.041 (0.035–0.046)

0.352 (0.304–0.400)

14.394

 < 0.0001

  1. DAS28-ESR disease activity score in 28 joints including the erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP C-reactive protein; ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate; SJC swollen joint count; TJC tender joint count; VAS-GH patient-reported assessment of General Health on a 100-mm visual analog scale