Table 1.

Basal characteristic of patients

	Rheumatoid arthritis (n=76)	Healthy controls (n=50)	P value
Age	53 ± 11	52 ± 6	0.430
Gender (Female)	64 84%	39 78%	0.257
Diabetes mellitus, %	8 10%	6 11%	0.105
Hypertension, %	35 47%	21 43%	0.401
Smoking, %	7 9.2%	6 12.2%	0.416
Rheumatoid factor	23.7 (1.0–200)	-
Disease duration, years	7.84 (2.4–30)	-
Steroid use, n	29 (38%)	-
C-reactive protein, mg/dl	19.2 ± 46.3	1.7 ± 3.7	0.007
Body mass Index	32 ± 6	34 ± 8	0.122
Waist circumstance	101.12±13.62	103.18±14.53	0.424
Glucose, mg/dl	93.18±16.83	98.7333±13.26	0.770
Triglyceride, mg/dl	137.75±52.29	149.41±60.99	0.360
High density lipoprotein, mg/dl	42.87±6.98	41.81±7.0	0.494
Total cholesterol, mg/dl	203.70±53.70	211.31±47.38	0.529
Low density lipoprotein, mg/dl	126.62±34.28	122.16±33.384	0.553