Asymptomatic Atherosclerosis in Egyptian Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients and Its Relation to Disease Activity

Table 14

Comparison of ultrasonographic duplex findings in RA patients who use steroids and RA patients who do not use steroids.

	RA patients who use steroids; ( = 58)	RA patients who do not use steroids; ( = 54)
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Mean IMT	0.058 ± 0.016	0.055 ± 0.016	0.53
Left IMT	0.059 ± 0.017	0.055 ± 0.015	0.54
Right IMT	0.078 ± 0.12	0.055 ± 0.017	0.3
Maximum	0.061 ± 0.018	0.058 ± 0.016	0.5

IMT = intima media thickness.