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Table 4.

Vascular age values based on different factors.

Variable	All subjects n = 106			Rheumatoid Arthritis n = 52			Osteoarthritis n = 54
Comorbidities and exercise	Presence^a	Absence^a	p-value^b	Presence^a	Absence^a	p-value^b	Presence^a	Absence^a	p-value^b
Hypothyroidism	65.99 (52)	46 (34)	0.019	77.59 (63)	46.50 (33)	0.169	65.99 (41)	43 (37)	0.058
Physical Activity	43 (32)	57.7 (36)	0.055	42 (34)	50 (35)	0.179	43 (32)	60.37 (40)	0.177
Current treatment in rheumatoid arthritis patients
Variable	Presence ^a	Absence ^a	p -value ^b	-	-	-
Current treatment with methotrexate	44.5 (21)	70.8 (56)	0.013	-	-	-
Current treatment with other csDMARDs	58.91 (43)	39.5 (23)	0.002	-	-	-
Current treatment with glucocorticoids	46 (23)	83.43 (57)	0.054	-	-	-
Previous treatment with bDMARDs	77.51 (48)	45 (32)	0.021
Current management in osteoarthritis patients
Follow-up by Physical and Rehabilitation medicine	43 (24)	56.5 (39)	0,018	-	-	-

Median (Interquartile range);

U mann Withney; bDMARDS, biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs; csDMARDS, conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs.