Cardiovascular risk factor | RA patients | Non-RA patients | p Value |
N (%) | N (%) | ||
Cigarette smoking | <0.001 | ||
Never | 285 (47) | 341 (57) | |
Former | 148 (25) | 118 (19) | |
Current | 170 (28) | 144 (24) | |
Hypertension | 312 (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 mellitus | 44 (7) | 41 (7) | 0.74 |
Family cardiac history | 287 (48) | 284 (47) | 0.86 |
Personal cardiac history | 77 (13) | 72 (12) | 0.66 |
BMI, body mass index; RA, rheumatoid arthritis.