Concordance between the Different Cardiovascular Risk Scores in People with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Psoriasis Arthritis
Table 4
Characteristics of the general population and rheumatic disease cases (RA and PsA).
General population
Rheumatoid arthritis, (49.7%)
Psoriatic arthritis, (50.3%)
Mean ± SD
Mean ± SD
1
Mean ± SD
2
BMI (kg/m2)
29.2 ± 4.7
27.7 ± 4.8
0.006
28.3 ± 5.3
0.103
Adjusted Charlson index
2.2 ± 1.8
3.1 ± 1.5
<0.001
2.5 ± 1.4
0.630
Abdominal perimeter (cm)
95.5 ± 12.7
97.6 ± 13.0
0.160
98.1 ± 14.7
0.082
LDL
132.0 ± 31.4
121.8 ± 33.7
0.006
122.5 ± 30.9
0.009
Ankle-brachial index
1.2 ± 3.5
1.2 ± 0.1
0.999
1.2 ± 0.1
0.999
(%)
(%)
1
(%)
2
Charlson index
PAD
74(4.1)
1(1.3)
0.384
0(0.0)
0.139
Cerebrovascular disease
74(4.1)
1(1.3)
0.384
0(0.0)
0.139
Heart failure
31(1.7)
1(1.3)
0.818
1(1.3)
0.831
AMI
87(4.8)
2(2.7)
0.583
1(1.3)
0.267
Diabetes
244 (13.4)
7 (9.3)
0.326
7 (9.2)
0.308
Without organ damage
217(11.9)
5(6.7)
0.242
6(7.9)
0.395
With organ injuries
27(1.5)
2(2.7)
0.723
1(1.3)
0.702
Arterial hypertension
663(36.5)
26(34.7)
0.916
33(43.4)
0.228
Smoking habit
Nonsmoker
1008(55.0)
36(48)
0.308
37(48.7)
0.363
Ex-smoker
505(27.6)
29(38.7)
0.044
19(25)
0.744
Smoker
320(17.5)
10(13.3)
0.454
20(26.3)
0.064
BMI: body mass index; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; PAD: peripheral arterial disease; AMI: acute myocardial infarction; 1 value for contrasts general population vs RA; 2 value for contrasts general population vs PsA.
