. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.

Published in final edited form as: Ann Rheum Dis. 2010 May 24;69(9):1665–1670. doi: 10.1136/ard.2009.124362

Table 1.

Cardiovascular risk factors in RA and non-RA patients

Cardiovascular risk factor	RA (n=244)	Non-RA^* (n=1448)	p-value
Age, mean ± SD (years)	60.5 ± 13.2	64.9 ± 9.5	<0.001
Female, number (%)	174 (71)	730 (50)	<0.001
Smoking
- Ever	113 (56)	661 (36)	0.005
- Current	15 (6)	86 (4)	0.98
Diabetes mellitus	28 (11)	128 (6)	0.19
Hyperlipidemia	97 (40)	695 (38)	0.46
BMI, mean ± SD (kg/m²)	28.4 ± 5.8	28.4 ± 5.4	0.39
Blood pressure at the time of echo examination:
– Systolic Blood pressure, mm Hg	129.6 ± 17.8	122.4 ± 18.8	<0.001
– Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg	71.1 ± 8.9	68.6 ± 10.3	<0.001
Diagnosis of hypertension/use of antihypertensive drugs	157 (64)	738 (42)	<0.001
History of ischemic heart disease	29 (12)	214 (10)	0.48

All reported percentages are adjusted to the age and sex distribution of the RA patients.

RA = rheumatoid arthritis; BMI = body mass index; SD = standard deviation