Table 3.

Descriptive summary of cholesterol and lipoprotein kinetics*

	RA patients		Healthy volunteers (n = 31)
	Baseline (n = 34)	Week 6 (n = 33)
Cholesterol ester production rate, μmoles/kg/hour	2.83 ± 0.62	2.90 ± 0.62	2.88 ± 0.67
P	–	0.6237	0.8879
Cholesterol ester fractional catabolic rate, %/hour	2.43 ± 0.39	2.23 ± 0.31	2.17 ± 0.36
P	–	0.0014	0.0085
Cholesterol efflux rate, μmoles/kg/hour	10.39 ± 2.48	10.45 ± 2.79	11.25 ± 3.96
P	–	0.5987	0.2542
LDL‐associated Apo B production rate, mg/kg/houra	0.49 ± 0.12	0.52 ± 0.12	0.50 ± 0.13
P	–	0.3604	0.9097
LDL‐associated Apo B fractional catabolic rate, %/houra	1.61 ± 0.37	1.57 ± 0.41	1.50 ± 0.35
P	–	0.5680	0.2699
HDL‐associated Apo A‐I production rate, mg/kg/houra	0.57 ± 0.11	0.65 ± 0.15	0.59 ± 0.16
P	–	0.0017	0.4684
HDL‐associated Apo A‐I fractional catabolic rate, %/houra	1.08 ± 0.22	1.11 ± 0.28	1.02 ± 0.22
P	–	0.3031	0.6718

Values are the mean ± SD. All P values are versus RA patients at baseline. See Table 2 for definitions.

^aData are from 32 RA patients at baseline, 32 RA patients at week 6, and 30 healthy volunteers.