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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 27.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Rheum Dis. 2012 Jan 20;71(7):1157–1162. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-200493

Table 2.

Laboratory characteristics of patients with RA compared to age and sex matched healthy controls

Group HSCRP (mg/l) ESR (mm/h) Cholesterol efflux HDL-C (mg/dl) LDL-C (mg/dl) Total-C (mg/dl) ApoA-I (ug/ml)
RA (n=40) 5.7±8.7* 28±26* 40.2%±11.1% 60±20 103±37 187±43 209±109
Control (n=40) 1.8±2.5 14±10 39.5%±8.9% 59±18 114±35 197±44 190±77
*

p Value<0.05 compared to controls.

ApoA-1, apolipoprotein A-1; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; HSCRP, high sensitivity C reactive protein; LDL-C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; Total-C, total cholesterol.