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 ± SDMean ± SD

Mean IMT0.057 ± 0.0160.050 ± 0.007
Left IMT0.057 ± 0.0160.049 ± 0.008
Right IMT0.068 ± 0.0870.0495 ± 0.08690.11
Maximum0.0597 ± 0.0170.0526 ± 0.008

IMT = intima media thickness.
Significant.