. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Rheumatol. 2010 Oct 15;38(1):29–35. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.100346

Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics in subjects with and without rheumatoid arthritis who did not have cardiovascular disease

Characteristic	RA (n=232)	Non-RA (n=1241)	p-value
Age, years, mean ± SD	58.8 ± 12.8	63.9 ± 9.2	<0.001
Female, n (%)	174 (75)	681 (55)	<0.001
Race, n (%)			<0.001
White	218 (93)	1146 (92)
Asian/Pacific Islander	6 (3)	5 (0.4)
Other^*	3 (1)	17 (1)
Unknown	5 (2)	73 (6)
Smoking (current or former), n (%)	105 (45)	547 (44)	0.74
BMI, kg/m², mean ± SD	28.5 ± 5.8	28.3 ± 5.4	0.52
Use of statins	42 (18)	272 (22)	0.20

includes Native American, Black, and subjects reporting more than one race

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