Relative Risk Chart Score for the Assessment of the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis

Table 2

Presence of carotid plaques in 73 AS patients between 35 and 50 years without cardiovascular events, diabetes mellitus, or chronic kidney disease who were categorized according their relative risk (RR) chart score.

RR		Carotid ultrasound
		Presence of carotid plaques
		(27.4%)
1	(47.9%)	5 (14.3%)
2	(30.1%)	8 (36.4%)
3	(16.4%)	5 (41.7%)
4	(4.1%)	1 (33.3%)
5	(1.4%)	1 (100%)
>1	(52.1%)	15 (39.5%)