Research Article
Vitamin D Status, Disease Activity, and Endothelial Dysfunction in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Table 3
Differences of FMD, HOMA-IR, and 25(OH) vitamin D between moderate and high disease activity RA patients.
| Parameter | Disease activity | | Moderate | High |
| Number of patients | 4 | 31 | | DAS28 | 4.63 ± 0.26 | 6.64 ± 0.73 | <0.0001 | FMD (%) | 8.88 ± 0.88 | 7.23 ± 0.82 | <0.05 | HOMA-IR | 4.27 ± 1.23 | 6.13 ± 1.92 | <0.05 | 25(OH) vitamin D | 19.15 ± 0.72 | 14.35 ± 2.49 | <0.0001 |
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