Table 2.

Echocardiographic features of patients

	Rheumatoid arthritis (n=76)	Healthy controls (n=50)	P value
Epicardial fat thickness,cm	0.66 ± 0.20	0.54 ± 0.18	0.003
Ejection fraction, %	63 ± 6	62 ± 4	0.733
LVEDD,cm	4.5±0.31	4.4±0.27	0.536
LAD,cm	3.43±0.42	3.46±0.52	0.647
IVS,cm	1.1±0.06	0.98±0.08	0.010
PW, cm	0.98±0.05	0.93±0.08	0.015
Diastolic function
E cm/s	74±10	86±12	0.001
A cm/s	76±14	73±9	0.140
E/A	1.1±0.8	1.24±0.1	0.001
e' cm/s	8.6±1.5	11±1.6	0.001
E/e'	8.7 ±1.6	8.0 ± 1.4	0.020