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Table 5 A prediction model of inflammatory arthritis versus non-inflammatory arthritis musculoskeletal disorders (N = 80)

From: Clinimetric properties of the Chinese version of the early inflammatory arthritis detection tool

Variable in the prediction model of inflammatory arthritis versus non-inflammatory arthritis

odds ratio (95 % CI)

p value

Sex (female as reference group)

6.94 (1.66–29.08)

0.008

1. Do you have pain in your joints?

0.23 (0.06–0.98)

0.046

3. Are your hands or wrists swollen?

8.88 (2.04–38.59)

0.004

9. Have you ever been told that you have rheumatoid arthritis?

16.38 (3.93–68.30)

<0.001

Intercept of the model (β coefficient)

−0.64

Nagelkerke R2

0.529

Performance parameter of the prediction model

 Area under the ROC curve (95 % CI)

0.88 (0.80–0.96)

 Optimal cut-off point

0.60

 Youden index J

0.71

 Sensitivity (95 % CI)

0.84 (0.71–0.93)

 Specificity (95 % CI)

0.86 (0.68–0.96)

 Positive predictive value (95 % CI)

0.92 (0.79–0.97)

 Negative predictive value (95 % CI)

0.76 (0.57–0.88)

  1. The inflammatory arthritis group consisted of rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis. The non-inflammatory arthritis musculoskeletal disorders group consisted of osteoarthritis, progressive systemic sclerosis, and Sjögren’s syndrome
  2. Age, sex, and all 11 items of the Chinese EIA detection tool were evaluated in the multivariate logistic regression analysis
  3. 95 % CI: 95 % confidence interval; ROC: receiver operating characteristic