Blood Monocyte Subsets and Selected Cardiovascular Risk Markers in Rheumatoid Arthritis of Short Duration in relation to Disease Activity
Table 3
Traditional cardiovascular risk factors according to DAS28.
Control group ( = 22)
RA patients with low ( = 14)
RA patients with high ( = 10)
value
Mean (SD)
Mean (SD)
Mean (SD)
Age, years
38.13 (10.84)
39.92 (9.29)
43.60 (0.17)
0.385
Female gender, (%)
17 (77.27%)
11 (78.57%)
7 (70%)
Smoking habit, number (%)
4 (18.18%)
5 (35.71%)
6 (60%)
Steroids, number (%)
—
3 (21.43%)
4 (40%)
NSAIDs, number (%)
—
8 (57.14%)
8 (80%)
hsCRP, mg/L
1.03 (0.89)
5.43 (6.76)*
35.12 (33.74)*
<0.001
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg
113.86 (10.99)
115.14 (16.87)
132.10 (16.65)*
0.004
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg
75.27 (6.60)
78.35 (7.65)
82.90 (8.41)*
0.031
Mean arterial pressure, mmHg
88.13 (7.18)
90.61 (10.02)
99.30 (9.79)*
0.006
Body mass index, kg/m2
23.34 (2.72)
23.90 (3.68)
22.76 (4.73)
0.740
Glucose, mmol/L
5.02 (0.63)
4.58 (0.30)
4.80 (0.49)
0.063
TC, mmol/L
5.20 (0.70)
5.22 (1.33)
4.57 (1.16)
0.266
LDL-C, mmol/L
3.05 (0.74)
3.24 (0.99)
2.79 (0.97)
0.529
HDL-C, mmol/L
1.73 (0.45)
1.60 (0.45)
1.46 (0.38)
0.352
Triglycerides, mmol/L
0.93 (0.37)
0.85 (0.31)
0.82 (0.39)
0.726
IMT (mm)
0.48 (0.11)
0.43 (0.05)
0.42 (0.04)
0.208
Data are shown as means (SD). Low DAS28 = (2.6–5.1); high DAS28 = (>5.1). RA: rheumatoid arthritis; DAS28: disease activity score in 28 joints; NSAIDs: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; hsCRP: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; TC: total cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoproteins-cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoproteins-cholesterol; IMT: intima media thickness. value in ANOVA (GLM models). * versus control group in post-hoc analyses P: patients with low disease activity versus patients with high disease activity.
