Concordance between the Different Cardiovascular Risk Scores in People with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Psoriasis Arthritis

Table 2

Cardiovascular risk factors and scores.

	Global,	Rheumatoid arthritis, (49.7%)	Psoriatic arthritis, 6 (50.3%)
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Perimeter (cm)
Abdominal	97.8 ± 13.8	97.6 ± 13.0	98.1 ± 14.7	0.823
Hip	102.4 ± 10.4	103.1 ± 10.2	101.8 ± 10.6	0.454
Neck	37.8 ± 4.5	37.8 ± 4.2	37.9 ± 4.7	0.861
WCI (cm)	0.9 ± 0.1	0.9 ± 0.1	0.9 ± 0.1	0.768
WHI (cm)	0.6 ± 0.1	0.6 ± 0.1	0.6 ± 0.1	0.423
Total cholesterol	205.2 ± 37.8	208.6 ± 40.7	201.9 ± 34.7	0.133
HDL	57.2 ± 15.4	59.0 ± 16.7	55.3 ± 13.8	0.158
LDL	122.1 ± 31.9	121.8 ± 33.7	122.5 ± 30.9	0.904
Ankle-brachial index	1.2 ± 0.1	1.2 ± 0.1	1.2 ± 0.1	0.929
Heart rate	71.3 ± 13.4	70.7 ± 14.5	71.8 ± 12.3	0.684
Cardiovascular risk scores
Framingham	9.8 ± 8.6	9.6 ± 8.1	9.9 ± 9.1	0.807
Regicor	3.9 ± 3.1	3.7 ± 2.7	4.0 ± 3.6	0.640
Dorica	6.4 ± 5.9	5.9 ± 5.5	6.8 ± 6.3	0.386
Score	1.9 ± 2.2	2.1 ± 2.2	1.7 ± 2.1	0.281
	(%)	(%)	(%)
LVH				0.276
No	144 (95.4)	70 (93.3)	74 (97.4)
Yes	7 (4.6)	5 (6.7)	2 (2.6)
Arterial hypertension				0.330
No	90 (60.4)	47 (64.4)	43 (56.6)
Yes	59 (39.6)	26 (35.6)	33 (43.4)
Charlson index
PAD	1 (0.7)	1 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	0.515
Cerebrovascular disease	1 (0.7)	1 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	0.515
Heart failure	2 (1.5)	1 (50.0)	1 (50.0)	0.737
AMI	3 (2.2)	2 (66.7)	1 (33.3)	0.522
Diabetes	14 (10.3)	7 (50.0)	7 (50.0)	0.979
Without organ damage	11 (8.1)	5 (45.5)	6 (54.5)	0.459
With organ injuries	3 (2.2)	2 (66.7)	1 (33.3)	0.522

WCI: waist circumference index; WHI: waist height index; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; LVH: left ventricular hypertrophy; PAD: peripheral arterial disease; AMI: acute myocardial infarction.