Table 5.

Correlation between RF, CRP, ESR, and DAS‐28 with anthropometric and biochemical components of MetS in RA patients with MS

	DAS‐28‐score		ESR (mm/hr)		RF		CRP (mg/L)
	rho	p‐value	rho	p‐value	rho	p‐value	rho	p‐value
Age	0.092	0.370	0.013	0.842	0.203	0.002	−0.044	0.512
Smoking index	0.460	<0.0001	0.107	0.163	0.340	<0.0001	0.084	0.278
Weight	−0.167	0.102	−0.111	0.101	−0.028	0.675	0.176	0.009
Waist circumference	−0.162	0.113	0.044	0.520	0.040	0.551	0.198	0.003
BMI	−0.162	0.113	−0.108	0.112	−0.030	0.654	0.173	0.010
Triglycerides	0.179	0.080	0.114	0.093	0.195	0.003	0.088	0.193
Cholesterol	−0.028	0.781	0.121	0.073	0.028	0.680	−0.046	0.497
HDL‐C	−0.154	0.131	0.004	0.945	0.047	0.487	−0.002	0.973
Glucose	0.069	0.501	−0.104	0.126	0.034	0.618	0.049	0.472
Systolic pressure	0.024	0.811	−0.140	0.309	0.020	0.770	0.067	0.322
Diastolic pressure	−0.056	0.585	−0.067	0.323	0.020	0.770	0.128	0.060
LDL‐C	−0.113	0.270	0.124	0.067	−0.050	0.464	−0.050	0.461
VLDL‐C	0.310	0.005	0.103	0.158	0.176	0.016	0.046	0.527
CRI‐I	0.088	0.393	0.129	0.057	0.0001	0.999	−0.029	0.668
CRI‐II	−0.060	0.560	0.112	0.098	−0.065	0.338	−0.059	0.386

Data analyzed by Spearman's rank‐order correlation (rho). Bold letters indicate statistically significant results.

Abbreviations: BMI, Body mass index; CRI‐I, Castelli's Risk Index I; CRI‐II, Castelli's Risk Index II; CRP, C‐reactive protein; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; HDL‐C, high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL‐C, low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol; milligrams (mg), deciliters (dl); VLDL‐C, very‐low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol.