Parameters | JIA group (n = 39) | Control group (n = 27) | p value |
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Age (yr) | 13.0 ± 3.11 | 13.5 ± 3.08 | 0.5687 |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 21.2 ± 4.09 | 20.2 ± 4.04 | 0.3364 |
Peripheral systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 112.2 ± 8.7 | 108.9 ± 8.6 | 0.1375 |
Peripheral diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 57.6 ± 5.01 | 57.1 ± 4.96 | 0.7360 |
Mean arterial blood pressure (mmHg) | 74.0 ± 5.82 | 73.3 ± 5.77 | 0.6549 |
Central systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 92.0 ± 7.5 | 90.17 ± 7.4 | 0.3748 |
Central diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 58.5 ± 5.07 | 58.4 ± 5.04 | 0.9249 |
Cholesterol (mmol/L)a | 4.1 (3.8–4.3) | 4.1 (3.8–4.4) | 0.8150 |
LDL cholesterol (mmol/L)a | 2.24 (2.06–2.43) | 2.36 (2.13–2.60) | 0.4324 |
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L) | 1.50 ± 0.40 | 1.71 ± 0.40 | 0.0415 |
Triglycerides (mmol/L)a | 0.87 (0.75–1.02) | 0.70 (0.59–0.84) | 0.0688 |
ADMA (μmol/L) | 0.622 ± 0.175 | 0.679 ± 0.173 | 0.2040 |
MPO (ng/ml)a | 115.2 (97.4–136.3) | 57.6 (47.1–70.3) | <0.0001 |
Adiponectin (ng/ml)a | 8596.7 (7296.3–10,128.9) | 9123.1 (7506.6–11,087.7) | 0.6519 |
Mean IMT (mm) | 0.46 ± 0.04 | 0.42 ± 0.04 | 0.0003 |
IMT SDS, height-specificb | 1.694 ± 0.858 | 0.744 ± 0.852 | 0.0002 |
cfPWV (m/s)a | 4.92 (4.71–5.14) | 5.18 (4.90–5.47) | 0.1579 |
AIx@75 (%) | 0.642 ± 11.258 | −2.042 ± 11.179 | 0.3811 |