Asymptomatic Atherosclerosis in Egyptian Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients and Its Relation to Disease Activity

Table 2

Laboratory features of RA patients and controls.

	RA patients; ( = 112)	Controls; ( = 40)
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Hb (gm%)	11.82 ± 2.04	12.82 ± 1.79	0.05
WBCs (/mm)	6.08 ± 2.28	7.46 ± 2.74	0.5
Platelets (/mm)	286.68 ± 88.33	269.79 ± 60.95	0.4
ESR (mm/hr)	40.82 ± 42.27	7.74  ±  1.3
FBS (mg%)	90.7 ± 17.43	88.42 ± 10.27	0.5
AlT	23.05 ± 11.61	21.37 ± 8.32	0.5
AsT	24.73 ± 21.14	24.37 ± 8.48	0.9
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	166.25 ± 30.76	170.42 ± 36.65	0.63
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	90.70 ± 30.72	81.42 ± 26.8	0.22
HDL (mg/dL)	42.8 ± 3.4	42.37 ± 4.4	0.63
LDL (mg/dL)	114.45 ± 33.48	122.26 ± 35.41	0.406

Hb = hemoglobin, WBC = white blood cells, ESR = erythrocyte sedimentation rate, FBS = fasting blood sugar, AlT = alanine transaminase, AsT = aspartate transaminase, and RF = rheumatoid factor.
Highly significant.