Table 4 Simple linear regression models of associations between some of the traditional risk factors for CVD, markers of inflammation and endothelial biomarkers and IMT or ED-FMD in 79 patients with early RA

Sex, female

-1.02/+

0.005

3.82/+

0.002

Age

0.001/year

<0.001

- 0.178/year

<0.001

Systolic BP

0.030/mmHg

0.001^†

ns

Cholesterol

0.004/mmol L^-1

0.027^†

ns

Smoking, years

0.029/year

0.005^†

ns

Snuff, years

0.043/year

0.027^†

ns

PAI-1

ns

-0.026/μg L^-1

0.064^†

tPA-mass

73.0/μg L^-1

0.005^†

ns

VWF

5.914/%

0.003^†

ns

sL-selectin

-1.058/ng mL^-1

0.026^†

4.961/ng mL^-1

0.004^†

MCP-1

4.650/pg mL^-1

0.002

ns