Low Levels of CD36 in Peripheral Blood Monocytes in Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Mexican Population

Table 2

Correlation coefficients between cIMT and characteristics of the groups evaluated.

Baseline variable	cIMT (mm)
	𝑟	𝑃
Age, years	0.564	<0.001
Disease duration, years	−0.063	0.65
DAS28, units	0.159	0.26
TC, mg/dL	0.331	0.03
Tg, mg/dL	0.393	0.009
HDL-c, mg/dL	−0.316	0.04
LDL-c, mg/dL	0.285	0.06
VLDL-c, mg/dL	0.270	0.07
ox-LDL, mg/dL	0.457	0.007
AIP, TC/HDL-c	0.687	0.01
ESR, mm/h	−0.180	0.24
RF, IU/mL	−0.001	0.99
CRP, mg/L	0.579	0.001
TNF𝛼, pg/mL	0.552	0.002
IL-6, pg/mL	0.681	<0.001
Anti-CCP, U/mL	0.393	0.05
CD36	−0.578	<0.001

cIMT: carotid intima-media thickness; RA: rheumatoid arthritis; DAS28: disease activity score; TC: total cholesterol; Tg: triglycerides; HDL-c: high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-c: low density lipoprotein cholesterol; VLDL-c: very low density lipoprotein cholesterol; AIP: atherogenic index of plasma; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; RF: rheumatoid factor; CRP: C-reactive protein; TNFα: tumor necrosis factor alpha; IL-6: interleukin 6; anti-CCP: anticyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies; MFI: mean fluorescence intensity. Spearman 𝑟 test.