Cardiovascular risk factor
|
C-reactive proteina
|
Interleukin-6a
|
---|
|
Partial R
|
P
|
Partial R
|
P
|
---|
HDL chola
|
-0.247
|
0.0002
|
-0.109
|
0.08
|
Chol/HDL chol
|
0.208
|
0.002
|
0.104
|
0.10
|
Triglycerides/HDL chola
|
0.170
|
0.01
|
0.147
|
0.02
|
LDL chol/HDL chola
|
0.202
|
0.002
|
0.038
|
0.5
|
- Relationships were assessed in age and sex adjusted models. Significant associations are shown in bold. HDL, high density lipoprotein; chol, cholesterol; LDL, low density lipoprotein. None of the relationships differed in black Africans versus those without rheumatoid arthritis (interaction P = 0.4 to 0.9).