Whole Body Bone Tissue and Cardiovascular Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Table 2

Correlation between wbDXA bone indices and estimated CVR.

	RA (𝑛=75)		Normal (𝑛=66)		All (𝑛=141)^&
	𝑟	𝑃	𝑟	𝑃	𝑟	𝑃
PROCAMqc
wbBTD	−0.262	0.024	−0.275	0.026	−0.415	<0.001§
𝑇wb	−0.256	0.028	−0.278	0.024	−0.419	<0.001§
BTP	−0.645	<0.001§	−0.634	<0.001§	−0.549	<0.001§
BTDlumbar	ns	ns	0.243	0.049	ns	ns
𝑇lumbar	ns	ns	0.243	0.049	ns	ns
PROCAMhc
wbBTD	−0.311	<0.001§	−0.261	0.034	−0.311	<0.001§
𝑇wb	−0.307	<0.001§	−0.261	0.034	−0.307	<0.001§
BTP	−0.615	<0.001§	−0.592	<0.001§	−0.615	<0.001§
BTDlumbar	−0.323	0.006§	ns	ns	−0.282	0.001
𝑇lumbar	−0.322	0.006§	ns	ns	−0.283	0.001
SCORE*
wbBTD	−0.413	<0.001§	−0.430	<0.001§	−0.437	<0.001§
wbBTM	−0.269	0.001	ns	ns	−0.285	0.001§
𝑇wb	−0.417	<0.001	−0.437	<0.001	−0.441	<0.001§
BTP	−0.550	<0.001§	−0.525	<0.001§	−0.525	<0.001§

∗Spearman coefficients, the rest being Pearson coefficients.
§correlations that remain significant after controlling for age.
&correlations made by controlling for RA diagnosis.
CVR: cardiovascular risk; ns: not significant; wb: whole body.