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Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheumatol. 2015 Feb;67(2):381–385. doi: 10.1002/art.38944

Table 2.

Cardiovascular risk estimates in patients with rheumatoid arthritis with and without high coronary artery calcium^*

10-year cardiovascular risk scores		CAC<300 Agatston units or CAC<75th percentile (n=64)	CAC≥300 Agatston units or CAC≥75th percentile (n=34)	P values^¶
Framingham risk score^†	Low risk category	54 (84)	23 (68)	0.055
Framingham risk score^†	Elevated risk category	10 (16)	11 (32)	0.055

Reynolds risk score^†	Low risk category	56 (87)	23 (68)	0.018
Reynolds risk score^†	Elevated risk category	8 (13)	11 (32)	0.018

ACC/AHA risk score^§	Low risk category	46 (72)	20 (59)	0.190
ACC/AHA risk score^§	Elevated risk category	18 (28)	14 (41)	0.190

Data are presented as frequency and percentages.

^*

High coronary calcium (CAC) was defined as CAC≥300 Agatston units or CAC≥75th percentile expected for age, sex and ethnicity.

^¶

P values were determined using Pearson Chi-square test to compare the proportions of patients with and without high CAC assigned into low and elevated risk category.

^†

10% cut-off for low vs. elevated risk;

^§

7.5% cut-off for low vs. elevated risk

ACC/AHA: American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association