Table 3 |
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Characteristics of 35 nondiabetic rheumatoid arthritis patients (29 women, 11 with hypertension, 10 with dyslipidaemia, 11 smokers) who were matched 1:1 with 'healthy' control subjects for sex, age (59.6 ± 11.4 years) and other traditional cardiovascular risk factors present both at baseline and at follow-up enda |
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Parameters |
Matched 'healthy' control subjects |
Subgroup of 35 RA patients |
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Number of patients |
35 |
35 |
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Follow-up (months) |
40.4 ± 3.4 |
41.4 ± 3.3 |
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hs-CRP (mg/dl) |
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Baseline |
0.1 (0.05, 0.2) |
0.3 (0.2, 0.6) |
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Follow-up end |
0.2 (0.08, 0.3) |
0.4 (0.2, 0.8) |
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Traditional CV risk factors |
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Hypertension (mmHg) |
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SBP baseline |
122.7 ± 21.0 |
127.0 ± 20.0 |
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SBP follow-up end |
123.6 ± 19.1 |
128.6 ± 13.9 |
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DBP baseline |
75.6 ± 12.0 |
76.9 ± 9.5 |
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DBP follow-up end |
75.9 ± 8.9 |
80.4 ± 7.5 |
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Dyslipidaemia (mg/dl) |
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LDL baseline |
141.3 ± 42.6 |
136.4 ± 35.6 |
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LDL follow-up end |
128.3 ± 31.0 |
116.2 ± 34.0 |
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Smoking |
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Pack-years at baseline |
0.0 (0.0, 35.0) |
0.0 (0.0, 21.4) |
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Pack-years during follow-up |
0.0 (0.0, 3.0) |
0.0 (0.0, 1.5) |
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BMI (kg/m2) |
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Baseline |
25.3 ± 4.3 |
26.5 ± 4.0 |
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Follow-up end |
25.5 ± 4.1 |
26.9 ± 4.7 |
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aBMI: body mass index, CV: cardiovascular, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, hs-CRP: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, LDL: low-density lipoprotein, SBP: systolic blood pressure. Paired t-tests and Wilcoxon tests were used for all comparisons of the matched groups as appropriate. Variables are expressed as mean ± SD or as median (lower and upper quartiles). Comparisons between subgroups after Bonferroni correction did not reach significance. |
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Zampeli et al. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2012 14:R44 doi:10.1186/ar3757 |
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