Serum Levels of Anticyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibodies, Interleukin-6, Tumor Necrosis Factor-α, and C-Reactive Protein Are Associated with Increased Carotid Intima-Media Thickness: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Cohort of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients without Cardiovascular Risk Factors

Table 3

Correlation coefficients between cIMT and characteristics of evaluated the groups.

Baseline variable	cIMT (mm)
	Age, years	0.587	<0.001
Disease duration, years	0.018	0.88
DAS28, units	0.350	0.05
TC, mg/dL	0.720	0.002
Tg, mg/dL	0.397	0.001
HDL-c, mg/dL	−0.595	0.02
LDL-c, mg/dL	0.332	0.007
VLDL-c, mg/dL	0.267	0.03
AIP: TC/HDL-c	0.716	0.001
ESR, mm/h	−0.137	0.38
RF, IU/mL	0.214	0.04
CRP, mg/L	0.799	<0.001
TNF, pg/mL	0.642	0.001
IL-6, pg/mL	0.751	<0.001
Anti-CCP, U/mL	0.513	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; TNF, tumor necrosis factor alpha; IL-6, interleukin-6; anti-CCP, anticyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies.