Table 1 Prevalence of cardiovascular (CV) risk factors at baseline in 603 rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 603 non-RA subjects
CV risk factorRA cohort n (%)Non-RA cohort n (%)p Value
Family cardiac history287 (48)284 (47)0.86
Personal cardiac history77 (13)72 (12)0.66
Cigarette smoking status<0.001
    Never285 (47)341 (57)
    Former148 (25)118 (19)
    Current170 (28)144 (24)
Hypertension312 (52)298 (49)0.42
Dyslipidaemia*163 (49)169 (52)0.45
High BMI (⩾30 kg/m2)71 (13)68 (13)0.98
Low BMI (<20 kg/m2)73 (13)63 (12)0.50
Diabetes mellitus44 (7)41 (7)0.74

  • *Lipids were measured in 330 subjects in the RA cohort and 323 in the non-RA cohort. BMI, body mass index.