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Table 1 Patient demographics

From: Rheumatoid arthritis is an independent risk factor for multi-vessel coronary artery disease: a case control study

Variable

RA + CAD (n = 75)

CAD (n = 128)

P a

Age, median (Q1, Q3)

66.4 (60.7, 71.7)

66.7 (59.8, 71.4)

0.66

Sex, n (%)

  

0.63

   Male

39 (52)

71 (55)

-

   Female

36 (48)

57 (45)

-

History of diabetes, n (%)

14 (19)

24 (19)

0.99

History of hypertension, n (%)

28 (37)

51 (40)

0.72

History of hyperlipidemia, n (%)

11 (15)

31 (24)

0.10

History of smoking, n (%)

11 (15)

23 (18)

0.54

Age at RA onset, year

55.3 ± 12.7

-

 

RA disease duration, year

17.6 ± 11.0

-

 

Rheumatoid factor positive, n (%)

68 (90.7)

-

 

Nodular disease, n (%)

40 (53.3)

-

 

Extra-articular disease, n (%)

16 (21.3)

-

 

Steroid use, n (%)

55 (73.3)

-

 

DMARD use, n (%)

68 (90.7)

-

 
  1. aP values are from chi-square tests, except for age, where it is from a Wilcoxon rank-sum test. CAD, coronary artery disease; DMARD, disease-modifying antirheumatic drug; RA, rheumatoid arthritis.