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Table 5 Subgroup analysis: identification and management of abnormal CRFs

From: Suboptimal cardiovascular risk factor identification and management in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cohort analysis

  

Group A (RA)

Rh

Group A (RA)

PCP

Group B (DM)

Group C (GP)

P, Group A (Rh versus PCP)

P, all three (PCP)

P, A versus C (PCP)

Smoking

Abnl (n)

36

36

48

56

   
 

ID

6 (17%)

29 (81%)

40 (83%)

49 (88%)

< 0.0001

0.7

0.4

 

MA

5 (14%)

20 (56%)

25 (52%)

34 (61%)

0.0004

0.7

0.7

Weight

Abnl (n)

160

160

222

162

   
 

ID

41 (26%)

72 (45%)

176 (79%)

92 (57%)

0.0004

< 0.0001

0.04

 

MA

13 (8%)

49 (31%)

151 (68%)

74 (46%)

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

0.006

SBP

Abnl (n)

132

132

199

150

   
 

ID

119 (90%)

131 (99%)

198 (99.9%)

149 (99%)

0.001

0.9

1

 

MA

12 (9%)

44 (33%)

146 (73%)

64 (43%)

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

0.1

DBP

Abnl (n)

45

45

45

52

   
 

ID

43 (96%)

45

45

52

0.5

1

1

 

MA

8 (18%)

18 (40%)

35 (78%)

30 (58%)

0.04

< 0.001

0.1

HDL

Abnl (n)

26

26

75

33

   
 

ID

2 (8%)

11 (42%)

56 (75%)

22 (67%)

0.009

< 0.01

0.07

 

MA

1 (4%)

4 (15%)

38 (51%)

13 (39%)

0.3

< 0.0001

0.08

LDL

Abnl (n)

39

39

102

33

   
 

ID

1 (3%)

23 (59%)

85 (83%)

26 (79%)

< 0.0001

0.009

0.08

 

MA

1 (3%)

16 (41%)

76 (75%)

21 (64%)

< 0.0001

0.0009

0.06

TG

Abnl (n)

53

53

130

54

   
 

ID

6 (11%)

31 (59%)

110 (85%)

36 (67%)

< 0.0001

< 0.0003

0.4

 

MA

3 (6%)

17 (32%)

86 (66%)

20 (37%)

0.0009

< 0.0001

0.7

FBG

Abnl (n)

26

26

141

36

   
 

ID

0

12 (46%)

135 (96%)

16 (44%)

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

1

 

MA

0

2 (8%)

132 (94%)

8 (22%)

0.5

< 0.0001

0.2

  1. All patients included in this subgroup analysis had an abnormal value for a given risk factor. Percentages are calculated as the number of patients with an identified or managed risk factor divided by the number of patients with abnormal values for the given risk factor. Abnl, abnormal; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; DM, diabetes mellitus; FBG, fasting blood glucose; GP, general population; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; ID, identified; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; MA, managed; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; Rh, rheumatologist; SBP, systolic blood pressure; TG, triglyceride.