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Table 2 Results from the independent-sample t-test of lipid and lipoprotein levels in RA patients and healthy controls.

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)

P-value

Lipids (mmol/L)

TC, mean ± S D

5.7 ± 1.1

5.7 ± 0.8

0.72

TG, mean ± SD

2.1 ± 1.2

1.6 ± 0.8

0.04

HDL, mean ± SD

1.3 ± 0.3

1.6 ± 0.3

<0.001

   HDL2-chol

0.5 ± 0.3

0.7 ± 0.4

0.01

   HDL3-chol

0.8 ± 0.2

0.9 ± 0.2

0.005

   HDL2:HDL3

0.5 ± 0.3

0.7 ± 0.4

0.04

LDL-c, mean ± SD

3.5 ± 0.9

3.3 ± 0.7

0.41

Lipoproteins (mg/L)

   

ApoA-I, mean ± SD

1517.2 ± 242.2

1710.1 ± 217.2

<0.001

ApoB, mean ± SD

987.5 ± 220.3

862.2 ± 188.8

0.005

  1. Apo, apolipoprotein; HDL, high density lipoprotein; LDL, low density lipoprotein; n, number; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; SD, standard deviation; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglycerides.