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Established cardiovascular risk factors in 40 patients with early rheumatoid arthritis and in 40 control individuals |
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| Variable |
Rheumatoid arthritis patients |
Control individuals |
P value |
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| Cholesterol (mmol/l)a |
5.0 (1.0) |
5.1 (1.0) |
0.84 |
| Triglyceride (mmol/l)a |
1.4 (0.9) |
1.4 (0.9) |
0.92 |
| low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/l)a |
2.8 (0.7) |
3.0 (0.9) |
0.80 |
| high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/l)a |
1.5 (0.4) |
1.5 (0.4) |
0.87 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2)a |
28 (7.6) |
28 (5.7) |
0.96 |
| Smoking, everb |
26 (65) |
24 (60) |
0.64 |
| History of hypertensionb |
7 (18) |
11 (28) |
0.28 |
| History of diabetes mellitusb |
5 (12) |
5 (12) |
1 |
| History of hypercholesterolemiab |
3 (8) |
6 (15) |
0.29 |
| History of myocardial infarctionb |
1 (2) |
0 |
- |
| History of anginab |
2 (5) |
0 |
- |
| History of stroke and/or transient ischaemic attackb |
1 (2) |
0 |
- |
| Family history of cardiovascular diseaseb |
6 (15) |
10 (25) |
0.26 |
| Systolic blood pressureb |
122 (24) |
124 (18) |
0.55 |
| Diastolic blood pressureb |
74 (10) |
77 (9.6) |
0.19 |
| 10-year coronary riskb |
10(8.7) |
9.1(7.4) |
0.56 |
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Data presented as amean (standard deviation) or bn (%). | |||
Hannawi et al. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2007 9:R116 doi:10.1186/ar2323 |
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