Table 1.

Demographic characteristics and cardiovascular risk profile of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and controls.

	Rheumatoid Arthritis n = 164	Controls n = 101	p
age, years	55.0 ± 6.8	54.9 ± 5.6	0.96
female, n(%)	102(62.2)	51(50.5)	0.07
hypertension, n(%)	47(28.7)	26(25.7)	0.639
dyslipidaemia, n(%)	36(21.9)	21(20.7)	0.855
diabetes, n(%)	9(5.4)	6(5.9)	0.684
current smoker, n(%)	46(28)	19(18.8)	0.098
total cholesterol, mg/dL	207.0 ± 36	212.1 ± 36	0.294
triglycerides, mg/dL	95.3 ± 45	82.3 ± 34	0.013
creatinine, mg/dL	0.82 ± 0.2	0.84 ± 0.1	0.567