Table 5

Correlation between the Coronary Artery Calcification Score (CACS) and the carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) in 95 patients with rheumatoid arthritis

CACScIMT
≤0.90 mm
n (%)
>0.90 mm
n (%)
037/40 (92.5)3/40 (7.5)
1–10032/38 (84.2)6/38 (15.8)
101–4005/9 (55.6)4/9 (44.4)
>4007/8 (88.8)1/8 (12.5)
≥144/55 (80.0)11/55 (20.0)
  • Goodman–Kruskal γ test=0.4229; p=0.02.