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Table 2 Association between quantitative patients’ characteristics and cfPWV in RA patients

From: The count of tender rather than swollen joints correlates with aortic stiffness in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

 

Rho

Significance (p)

Age

0.544

0.001* (−)

Disease duration

0.021

0.903 (0.913)‡

CRP

−0.027

0.876 (0.053)‡

ESR

−0.031

0.859 (0.170)‡

RF

0.369

0.025*(0.462)‡

Anti-CCP

0.142

0.401 (0.345)‡

TJC

0.330

0.065 (0.034*)‡

SJC

−0.065

0.713 (0.744)‡

VAS

0.117

0.509 (0.763)‡

DAS28 (ESR)

0.191

0.331 (0.658)‡

DAS28 (CRP)

0.213

0.266 (0.499)‡

  1. Spearman rho was used
  2. RA rheumatoid arthritis, CRP C-reactive protein, ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, RF rheumatoid factor; Anti-CCP cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies, TJC tender joints count, SJC swollen joints count, VAS visual analogue scale, DAS28 disease activity score 28
  3. * p < 0.05
  4. ‡in parentheses p values adjusted for age and obesity by multiple regression
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