Table 3.
Cardiovascular variables.
| Variable |
All subjects
n = 106 Mean (SD) |
Rheumatoid Arthritis
n = 52 Mean (SD) |
Osteoarthritis
n = 54 Mean (SD) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vascular age (years)a | 47.50 (34) | 47.50 (35) | 48 (35) | 0.635b |
| PWV (m/s)a | 8.45 (3.0) | 8.45 (3.1) | 8.45 (2.9) | 0.622b |
| Brachial diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 76.2 (10.54) | 77.98 (10.76) | 74.51 (10.14) | 0.091 |
| Brachial systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 122.98 (14.99) | 123.11 (17.33) | 122.85 (12.51) | 0.928 |
| Brachial pulse pressure (mmHg)a | 46.50 (12.3) | 44 (15.8) | 47.5 (9.3) | 0.178b |
| Mean arterial pressure (mmHg) | 91.64 (11.04) | 92.75 (11.52) | 90.57 (10.56) | 0.313 |
| Heart rate | 66.13 (9.49) | 66.21 (9.99) | 66.05 (9.08) | 0.933 |
| Brachial augmentation index (%) | 5.45 (28.18) | 9.5 (23.75) | 1.54 (31.61) | 0.147 |
| Central systolic blood pressure (mmHg)a | 127.35 (21.7) | 126.20 (22.3) | 128.05 (25) | 0.899b |
| Central aortic pulse pressure (mmHg) | 49.87 (11.37) | 50.10 (12.11) | 49.65 (10.72) | 0.839 |
| Aortic augmentation index (%) | 40.26 (14.13) | 42.17 (11.72) | 38.41 (16) | 0.172 |
| Framingham risk score adjusted for Colombiaa | 9.75 (2.25) | 9.75 (1.5)c | 9.75 (3) | 0.926b |
a
Median (Interquartile range);
b
U-Mann-Whitney; PWV, Pulse wave velocity; SD, Standard deviation. This was calculated based on the Framingham risk score adjusted for Colombia.
c
Result for RA patients adapted by a 1.5 multiplication factor following EULAR recommendations was 14.6 (IQR 2.25).