Determinants of Brachial-Ankle Pulse Wave Velocity in Chinese Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of patients and controls.

Characteristic	RA (𝑛=138)	Controls (𝑛=150)	P
Age (years), mean ± SD	50.17±12.49	49.61±8.74	0.500
Female, n (%)	111 (80.43)	119 (79.33)	0.816
Weight (kg), mean ± SD	58.74±10.26	59.11±6.09	0.091
Height (cm), mean ± SD	161.77±6.15	163.05±9.12	0.253
BMI (kg/m^2), mean ± SD	22.41±0.72	22.25±0.09	0.549
SBP (mmHg), mean ± SD	116.57±13.38	114.19±12.58	0.137
DBP (mmHg), mean ± SD	75.59±9.25	74.33±8.26	0.382
Cholesterol (mmol/L), mean ± SD	4.82±0.41	5.15±0.79	0.097
Triglycerides (mmol/L), mean ± SD	1.96±0.96	1.27±0.96	0.025
HDL (mmol/L), mean ± SD	1.03±0.27	1.05±0.22	0.608
LDL (mmol/L), mean ± SD	2.78±0.63	3.16±0.71	0.079
Glucose (mmol/L), mean ± SD	5.46±0.59	5.31±0.57	0.774
baPWV (cm/s), mean ± SD	1705.44±429.20	1386.23±411.09	<0.001

Data are given as mean ± SD or number (and percentage). BMI: body mass index; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein.