Table 2.
Cardiovascular risk factors in axial PsA, peripheral PsA and AS groups. Differences statistically significant with p < 0.05 are marked.
| Cardiovascular Risk Factors | AS n = 94 |
Axial PsA n = 14 |
Peripheral PsA n = 47 |
p
chi2 |
Post Hoc Tests | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
p (AS vs. axPsA) |
p (AS vs. perPsA) |
p (axPsA vs. perPsA) |
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| Smoking more than 1 cigarette per day for 30 days | 43 (45.7%) | 3 (21.4%) | 21 (44.7%) | ns | ns | ns | ns |
| Physical activity more than 120 min twice weekly | 21 (22.3%) | 2 (14.3%) | 11 (23.4%) | ns | ns | ns | ns |
| Hyperuricemia | 13 (13.8%) | 5 (35.7%) | 3 (6.4%) | ns | ns | ns | ns |
| Hypertriglyceridemia | 15 (16%) | 2 (14.3%) | 23 (48.9%) | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Obesity BMI > 30kg/m2 | 16 (17%) | 3 (21.4%) | 20 (42.6%) | ns | ns | ns | ns |
| Dyslipidemia in patients older than 40 years old | 17 (18.1%) | 3 (21.4%) | 7 (14.9%) | ns | ns | ns | ns |
| Dyslipidemia in patients younger than 40 years old | 24 (25.5%) | 4 (28.6%) | 12 (25.5%) | ns | ns | ns | ns |
| Hypertension | 30 (32%) | 5 (35.7%) | 21 (44.78%) | ns | ns | ns | ns |
| Ischaemic heart disease | 9 (9.6%) | 0 (0.00%) | 14 (29.8%) | 0.002 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.049 |
p chi2—value for null hypothesis for Chi2 test. AS—ankylosing spondylitis, axPsA—PsA patients with the axial disease. perPsA—PsA patients with peripheral joint inflammation.