Table 1.

CMR results

CMR measureMean difference (95% CI) RA vs HC,RA group ass. var.: UVA (p) & MVA B
p value adj. for age/sex/TRFs(95% CI, p)
LVEF, %−2.9 (−5.1, −0.6), 0.016UVA: –
MVA: Male sex −3.26 (−5.76, −0.75) p0.012 R2=0.13
LVmass/BSA, g/m2−4.6 (−8.9, −0.2), 0.041UVA: Male sex p<0.001, sys BP p0.003, WHR p0.005, PWV p0.027,
MVA: Male sex 13.99 (9.17, 18.78) p<0.001, sysBP 0.14 (0.02, 0.25) p0.020, ever smoked 3.60 (0.03, 7.16) p0.048 R2=0.62
Mid S'0.2 (0.1, 0.3), <0.001
Native T1, ms−34.8 (−64.1, −5.5), 0.021UVA: Ever smoked p0.035, −ve TC/HDL p0.039.
MVA: Ever smoking 27.10 (1.26, 52.95) p0.04 R2=0.143
MWT, mm−0.01 (−0.08, 0.06), 0.790UVA: –; MVA:–
MxWT, mm−0.05 (−0.24, 0.15), 0.646UVA: Ever smoked p0.049, −ve BMI p0.026.
MVA: –
WVol, ul−5.5 (−29.0, 18.0), 0.644UVA: Age p0.007, ever smoked p0.010, PWV p0.047.
MVA: Age 1.13 (−0.25, 2.64) p0.007 R2=0.25
WVol-I0.00 (−0.03, 0.03), 0.952UVA: −ve HOMA-IR p0.035, −ve Hx joint surgery p0.043.
MVA: –
  • −ve = negative correlation.