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.

ParameterDisease activity
ModerateHigh

Number of patients431
DAS284.63 ± 0.266.64 ± 0.73<0.0001
FMD (%)8.88 ± 0.887.23 ± 0.82<0.05
HOMA-IR4.27 ± 1.236.13 ± 1.92<0.05
25(OH) vitamin D19.15 ± 0.7214.35 ± 2.49<0.0001