From: Cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: results from the QUEST-RA study
Country | Number of sites | Number of patients | Age in years (mean) | Female (%) | Years of education (mean) | Disease duration in years (mean) | RF-positive (%) | Extra-articular diseasea (%) | Cardiovascular events (all)b (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Denmark | 3 3 | 301 | 58 | 76 | 11 | 12 | 74 | 34 | 9.97 |
Finland | 3 | 304 | 59 | 72 | 10 | 13 | 75 | 18 | 11.18 |
France | 4 | 389 | 55 | 78 | 11 | 13 | 75 | 21 | 3.60 |
Germany | 3 | 225 | 59 | 84 | 10 | 13 | 61 | 36 | 17.78 |
Ireland | 3 | 225 | 57 | 64 | 11 | 11 | 81 | 30 | 6.67 |
Italy | 4 | 336 | 61 | 78 | 8 | 10 | 73 | 13 | 8.93 |
Netherlands | 3 | 317 | 59 | 68 | 11 | 9 | 69 | 13 | 9.46 |
Poland | 7 | 642 | 53 | 86 | 12 | 11 | 71 | 33 | 11.84 |
Spain | 3 | 301 | 60 | 74 | 10 | 11 | 71 | 23 | 9.97 |
Sweden | 3 | 248 | 59 | 72 | 10 | 12 | 82 | 23 | 8.47 |
UK | 3 | 126 | 60 | 78 | 12 | 15 | 84 | 30 | 10.32 |
Turkey | 3 | 309 | 52 | 85 | 7 | 11 | 69 | 18 | 6.80 |
Serbia | 1 | 100 | 59 | 88 | 8 | 10 | 71 | 23 | 9.00 |
USA | 3 | 294 | 57 | 72 | 14 | 9 | 70 | 24 | 11.56 |
Argentina | 2 | 246 | 51 | 90 | 9 | 10 | 90 | 26 | 3.66 |
Total | 48 | 4,363 | 57 ± 1 | 78 | 10 ± 4 | 11 ± 9 | 73.7 | 24.3 | 9.31 |