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Table 2.

Established cardiovascular risk factors in 40 patients with early rheumatoid arthritis and in 40 control individuals

Variable	Rheumatoid arthritis patients	Control individuals	P value
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, ever^b	26 (65)	24 (60)	0.64
History of hypertension^b	7 (18)	11 (28)	0.28
History of diabetes mellitus^b	5 (12)	5 (12)	1
History of hypercholesterolemia^b	3 (8)	6 (15)	0.29
History of myocardial infarction^b	1 (2)	0	-
History of angina^b	2 (5)	0	-
History of stroke and/or transient ischaemic attack^b	1 (2)	0	-
Family history of cardiovascular disease^b	6 (15)	10 (25)	0.26
Systolic blood pressure^b	122 (24)	124 (18)	0.55
Diastolic blood pressure^b	74 (10)	77 (9.6)	0.19
10-year coronary risk^b	10(8.7)	9.1(7.4)	0.56

Data presented as ^amean (standard deviation) or ^bn (%).