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Table 1 Population characteristics

From: Cardiovascular disease prevalence in patients with inflammatory arthritis, diabetes mellitus and osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional study in primary care

 

IA

DM

OA

Controls

 

(n = 1,518)

(n = 11,959)

(n = 4,040)

(n = 158,439)

Mean age, years

60.3**

65.8**

69.8**

51.0

Female gender,%

64.1**

51.9*

68.7**

50.4

AMI,%

1.8**

2.8**

1.5**

0.7

TIA,%

2.0**

2.2**

2.0**

0.6

CVA,%

3.0**

3.7**

2.7**

0.9

Total CVD,%

6.5**

8.1**

5.8**

2.0

Hypertension,%

30.9**

47.7**

38.5**

13.3

Hypercholesterolemia,%

10.8**

24.0**

13.3**

4.8

Use of anti-hypertensive agents,%

36.4**

60.6**

45.0**

14.6

Use of statins,%

15.7**

48.8**

20.0**

6.0

Inflammatory arthritis,%

1.5

1.6

Diabetes mellitus,%

11.5

16.5

Osteoarthritis,%

4.4

5.6

  1. * p < 0.01; ** p < 0.001 (compared to controls) DM, diabetes mellitus; IA, inflammatory arthritis; OA, knee- and/or hip osteoarthritis; AMI, acute myocardial infarction; TIA, transient ischemic attack; CVA, cerebrovascular accident; CVD, cardiovascular disease.