Table 6.

Co-relation coefficient between demographic, inflammatory and disease activity parameters and carotid Doppler and echocardiography variables (Spearman's correlation test).

Parameters		RCC-IMT	LCC-IMT	CC-IMT avg	E/A	MV Dec time	IVRT	EF%	LVMI
Age (years)	Correlation coefficient	0.078	0.430	0.421	−0.158	0.193	0.148	0.127	−0.114
	P value	0.493	0.000*	0.000*	0.161	0.086	0.191	0.261	0.316
Disease duration	Correlation coefficient	0.003	0.203	0.266	−0.374	0.299	0.118	0.120	0.114
	P value	0.977	0.072	0.017*	0.001*	0.007*	0.298	0.288	0.315
ESR	Correlation coefficient	−0.095	0.136	0.121	−0.313	0.197	−0.095	−0.316	0.284
	P value	0.404	0.229	0.286	0.005*	0.080	0.404	0.004*	0.011*
CRP	Correlation coefficient	−0.022	0.059	0.058	−0.217	0.201	0.074	−0.228	0.043
	P value	0.846	0.606	0.611	0.053	0.074	0.515	0.042*	0.703
Anti-CCP	Correlation coefficient	0.070	0.161	0.162	−0.247	0.130	0.112	−0.128	0.115
	P value	0.536	0.154	0.151	0.027*	0.251	0.321	0.257	0.311
DAS-28	Correlation coefficient	0.037	0.184	0.168	−0.215	−0.048	−0.021	−0.261	0.131
	P value	0.743	0.103	0.137	0.055	0.674	0.857	0.020*	0.246

*P value statistically significant. RCC-IMT – Right carotid intima-medial thickness; LCC-IMT – Left carotid intima-medial thickness; CC-IMT – Carotid intima-medial thickness; E/A velocity – Mitral valve E velocity/mitral valve A velocity; MV Dec Time – Mitral valve deceleration time; IVRT – Isovolumetric relaxation time; EF % – Left ventricular ejection fraction; LVMI – Left ventricular mass indexed to body surface area; ESR – Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP – C-reactive protein; DAS-28 – Disease activity score-28.