Epicardial Fat Thickness as Cardiovascular Risk Factor and Therapeutic Target in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Biological and Nonbiological Therapies

Table 3

Acute phase reactants and rheumatoid arthritis activity indicators in the group of subjects treated with nonbiological DMARDs and those treated with biological DMARDs.

Variable	RA nonbiological DMARDs; = 16	RA biological DMARDs; = 18
ESR (mm/hour)	49.62 ± 25.68	38.94 ± 20.87
RF (mg/dL)	216.79 ± 266.95	190.00 ± 262.14
DAS 28	5.10 ± 1.36	4.98 ± 1.47

Continuous variables are presented as .
ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate and RF: rheumatoid factor.