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

Table 4

The correlations between baPWV and other variables.

Parameters	baPWV
	r	P
Age (y)	0.439	<0.001
Disease duration (m)	0.159	0.224
Weight (kg)	0.029	0.831
Height (m)	−0.253	0.043
BMI (kg/m^2)	0.108	0.249
SBP (mmHg)	−0.007	0.958
DBP (mmHg)	−0.090	0.508
Cholesterol (mmol/L)	0.231	0.035
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	0.293	<0.001
HDL (mmol/L)	−0.139	0.293
LDL (mmol/L)	0.323	0.003
Glucose (mmol/L)	0.181	0.153
RF-IgG (IU/mL)	−0.066	0.495
RF-IgA (IU/mL)	−0.008	0.938
RF-IgM (IU/mL)	−0.089	0.341
Anti-CCP (RU/mL)	−0.064	0.486
DAS28	0.062	0.483
ESR (mm/h)	0.037	0.651
CRP (mg/L)	0.021	0.809

BMI: body mass index; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; RF: rheumatoid factor; anti-CCP: anticyclic citrullinated peptide; DAS28: disease activity score for 28 joint indices; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP: C-reactive protein.