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Table 1 Patient details at baseline and one year

From: Inflammation predicts accelerated brachial arterial wall changes in patients with recent-onset rheumatoid arthritis

 

Week 0

(mean ± SD)

Week 52

Pvalue

Demographic details

   

Male:female

19:12

-

-

Mean age (range, years)

54 (23 to 78)

-

-

Body mass index (range, kg/m2)

28 (17 to 45)

-

-

Rheumatoid arthritis characteristics

   

Disease duration, mean (range, months)

1.8 (1 to 12)

-

-

Tender joint count (out of 53)

18 (14)

7.6 (8.1)

< 0.001

Swollen joint count (out of 44)

15 (8.9)

5.0 (9.3)

< 0.001

Health assessment questionnaire score (maximum disability 24)

3.3 (3.5)

1.8 (2.7)

0.006

Physician's global assessment of disease activity (maximum 100)

37 (27)

26 (28)

0.013

Joint pain (VAS, maximum 100)

51 (32)

24 (26)

< 0.001

Rheumatoid factor level

281 (438)

98 (127)

0.011

Disease activity score, 4 v

4.3 (1.6)

2.6 (1.4)

< 0.001

Rheumatoid factor positive, n (%)

21 (68%)

17 (55%)

 

Cardiovascular risk factors

   

History of ever smoking, n (%)

20 (65%)

-

-

History of current smoking, n (%)

8 (26%)

-

-

History of hypertension, n (%)

6 (19%)

-

-

History of diabetes mellitus, n (%)

3 (10%)

-

-

History of hyperlipidaemia, n (%)

2 (6.5%)

-

-

History of myocardial infarction, n (%)

1 (3.2%)

-

-

History of angina, n (%)

2 (6.5%)

-

-

History of stroke and/or transient ischaemic attack, n (%)

1 (3.2%)

-

-

Family history of cardiovascular disease, n (%)

6 (19%)

-

-

Laboratory values

   

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (mm/hour)

40 (25)

21 (16)

< 0.001

C-reactive protein (mg/L, normal < 6)

27 (25)

9.3 (12)

< 0.001

  1. Bold values are statistically significant. SD = standard deviation; VAS = visual analogue scale.