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Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants at baseline.

From: High-density lipoprotein cholesterol subfractions HDL2 and HDL3 are reduced in women with rheumatoid arthritis and may augment the cardiovascular risk of women with RA: a cross-sectional study

 

RA patients (n= 45)

Healthy controls (n= 45)

Age, mean ± SD (years)

60 ± 10.1

55 ± 7.8

Female, n (%)

32 (71)

32 (71)

Rheumatoid factor positive, n (%)

40 (89)

N/A

DAS28, mean ± SD

3.1 ± 1.7

N/A

ESR, median (P25 to P75)

14 (5 to 28.5)

N/A

CRP, median (P25 to P75)

0 (0 to 12)

N/A

Smoking, n (%)

16 (32)

--

BMI, mean ± SD

25 ± (3.3)

--

Anti-rheumatic medication, n (%)

15 (33)

N/A

   Methotrexate

22 (49)

N/A

   Other DMARD

11 (24)

N.A

   Biological DMARD

15 (33)

N/A

Oral glucocorticoids, n (%)

8 (18)

N/A

  1. BMI, body mass index; CRP, C-reactive protein; DAS28, disease activity score (28 joints); DMARD, disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; n, number.