The Impact of Different Classification Criteria Sets on the Estimated Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Diastolic Dysfunction in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Table 2

Independent relationships of traditional risk factors and RA disease characteristics with markers of diastolic function.

													LAVI
	Std. β	SE		Std. β	SE		Std. β	SE		Std. β	SE		Std. β	SE
Age				0.19	0.08	0.01
Age at disease onset	−0.31	0.11	0.006				−0.34	0.11	0.002	−0.46	0.10	<0.0001
Race	0.19	0.09	0.02										−0.22	0.09	0.01
DBP				−0.16	0.08	0.04
HR	−0.21	0.08	0.01
WHR	−0.28	0.09	<0.0001				−0.26	0.09	0.01				0.27	0.11	0.01
Disease duration										−0.35	0.09	0.0003
Triglycerides													0.20	0.09	0.03
Azathioprine										−0.24	0.08	0.005

DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HR, heart rate; WHR, waist-hip ratio.