Table 1.

ADMA levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and in the control group

	Control group (n=29)	RA group (n=40)	p
ADMA	0.29±0.08	0.55±0.20	<0.05
ESR	8.38±5.3	31.2±17.6
CRP	3.2±2.0	31.9±16.1
Rf (positive, %)	0 (0%)	19 (47.5%)
Anti-CCP (positive, %)	0 (0%)	21 (52.5%)
DAS-28	NA	4.68±0.92

ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP: C-reactive protein; Rf: rheumatoid factor; Anti-CCP: cyclic citrullinated peptide; DAS-28: disease activity score-28; NA: not analyzed; RA: rheumatoid arthritis; ADMA: asymmetric dimethylarginine