Research Article
Asymptomatic Atherosclerosis in Egyptian Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients and Its Relation to Disease Activity
Table 4
Comparison of ultrasonographic duplex findings in RA patients and controls.
| | RA patients ( = 112) | Controls ( = 40) | | | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD |
| Mean IMT | 0.057 ± 0.016 | 0.050 ± 0.007 | | Left IMT | 0.057 ± 0.016 | 0.049 ± 0.008 | | Right IMT | 0.068 ± 0.087 | 0.0495 ± 0.0869 | 0.11 | Maximum | 0.0597 ± 0.017 | 0.0526 ± 0.008 | |
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IMT = intima media thickness. Significant.
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