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Table 3 Clinical, biological characteristics and traditional cardiovascular risk factors of patients with or without subclinical atherosclerosis

From: Prevalence and associated factors of subclinical atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis at the university hospital of Kinshasa

Variables

ATS+ (n = 24)

ATS-(n = 51)

p

Age (years)

60.4 ± 11.0

47.8 ± 14.4

< 0.0001

Female age ≥ 55 years,n (%)

15 (75.0)

16 (40.0)

0.010

Male age ≥ 45 years,n (%)

4 (100.0)

10 (55.6)

0.137

Established RA, n (%)

15 (62.5)

42 (82.4)

0.005

Median duration of RA (years)

2 (0.3–12.0)

2 (0.2–12.0)

0.850

DAS28-ESR > 2,6 n (%)

23 (95.8)

39 (76.5)

>0.034

Severe RA, n (%)

18 (66.7)

29 (56.9)

0.029

Dose of MTX, mg/week

7.8 ± 1.5

8.5 ± 2.2

0.153

Duration of corticosteroid use, month, median (extremes)

1 (1.0–6.0)

2 (0.5–12.0)

0.975

Heart rate, bpm

81.1 ± 15.2

81.3 ± 10.2

0.949

SBP, mmHg

137.9 ± 19.4

125.3 ± 19.5

0.010

DBP, mmHg

79.1 ± 9.4

77.2 ± 10.8

0.447

PP, mmHg

58.3 ± 18.7

49.9 ± 14.2

0.034

Waist cicumference, cm

94.9 ± 11.3

86.7 ± 11.8

0.006

BMI, Kg/m2

26.7 ± 4.9

22.7 ± 4.2

0.001

HBP, n (%)

14 (58.3)

7 (13.7)

< 0.0001

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

7 (29.2)

3 (5.9)

0.010

Physical inactivity, n (%)

19 (79.2)

22 (43.1)

0.003

Alcoholism, n (%)

8 (33.3)

13 (25.5)

0.330

Tobacco use, n (%)

1 (4.2)

1 (2.0)

0.541

Global Obesity, n (%)

8 (33.3)

1 (2.0)

< 0.0001

Overweight, n (%)

9 (37.5)

13 (25.5)

0.212

PP > 60 mmHg, n (%)

7 (29.2)

15 (29.4)

0.603

Metabolic syndrome, n (%)

9 (37.5)

10 (19.6)

0.008

Low HDL-c, n (%)

7 (29.2)

13 (25.5)

0.471

Hypertriglyceridemia, n (%)

16 (66.7)

20 (39.2)

0.024

Hypercholesterolemia, n (%)

19 (79.2)

31 (60.8)

0.009

High LDL-c,n (%)

18 (75.0)

35 (68.6)

0.390

Glycaemia,mg/dl

85.1 ± 22.4

83.7 ± 21.6

0.798

RF+, n (%)

8 (33.3)

24 (47.1)

0.192

ESR,mm/h1,median (extremes)

40.5 (8–115)

40.0 (13–145)

0.866

CRP, median (extremes)

24.0 (6–72)

21 (6–72)

0.775

  1. RA Rheumatoid arthritis; MTX Methotrexate; HR Heart rate; bpm Beats per minute; PP Pulse pressure;SBP Systolic blood pressure; DBP Diastolic blood pressure; BMI Body mass index; RF Rheumatoid factor; ESR Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP C reactive protein. HBP High blood pressure; HDLc High density lipoprotein; LDLc Low density lipoprotein; SD Standard deviation