| No risk factor | One risk factor | Two risk factors | ≥3 risk factors |
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All | Reference | 1.73 (1.10-2.73)*
| 1.85 (1.17-2.94)**
| 2.81 (1.78-4.44)***
|
Age ≤ 50.19 years | Reference | 1.80 (1.04-3.14)*
| 2.02 (1.14-3.57)*
| 4.00 (2.25-7.13)***
|
Age > 50.19 years | Reference | 1.58 (0.65-3.87) | 1.63 (0.69-3.83) | 2.08 (0.90-4.85) |
Women | Reference | 1.47 (0.89-2.42) | 1.55 (0.94-2.58) | 2.63 (1.59-4.36)***
|
Men | Reference | 3.92 (1.10-13.91)*
| 4.12 (1.18-14.36)*
| 5.09 (1.48-17.54)*
|
- Data presented as odds ratio (95% confidence interval)
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Apo apolipoprotein, BMI body mass index, RA rheumatoid arthritis
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aRisk factors for cardiovascular disease: elevated ApoB/ApoA1 ratio (males > 0.8, females > 0.7 including lipid lowering therapy), smoking ever, diabetes (self-reported in questionnaires), hypertension (systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mmHg including treatment for hypertension), BMI ≥ 25
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*
p ≤ 0.05, **
p ≤ 0.01, ***
p ≤ 0.001, dependent variable case/control. Pre-symptomatic individuals compared with controls (reference being no risk factor present), stratified for age ≤ 50.19 years or > 50.19 years and women/men