Table 1.
Anthropometric and clinical variables of the control group, the group of subjects with RA treated with nonbiological DMARDs, and the group of RA subjects treated with biological DMARDs.
| Variable | Control group n = 16 |
RA nonbiological DMARDs n = 16 |
RA biological DMARDs n = 18 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 51.81 ± 9.75 | 51.31 ± 6.70 | 52.05 ± 8.26 |
| Weight (Kg) | 75.46 ± 22.85 | 69.86 ± 14.18 | 70.82 ± 19.96 |
| Height (m) | 1.59 ± 0.05 | 1.56 ± 0.07 | 1.58 ± 0.05 |
| BMI (Kg/m2) | 29.48 ± 7.35 | 28.65 ± 7.09 | 28.20 ± 8.19 |
| WC (cm) | 89.84 ± 17.74 | 91.31 ± 15.89 | 88.41 ± 27.20 |
| SBP (mmHg) | 117.50 ± 11.25 | 121.00 ± 7.10 | 122.11 ± 8.82 |
| DBP (mmHg) | 75.93 ± 9.86 | 79.18 ± 5.23 | 78.72 ± 4.72 |
Continuous variables are presented as X ± SD.
BMI: body mass index, WC: waist circumference, SBP: systolic blood pressure, and DBP: diastolic blood pressure.