07 January 2023>: Clinical Research
Serum Vitamin D Levels, Disease Activity Score-28 for Rheumatoid Arthritis with C-Reactive Protein (DAS28-CRP), and Cardiac Remodeling Determined by Ventricular Dimensions and Left Atrium Diameter in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Prospective Observational Study
Andrea A.P. Batista ABCDEF , Taline Lazzarin ABCDEF* , Filipe W.L. Pereira BC , Antonio Baccaro B , Oswaldo M. Rocha B , Karina L. Narimatsu B , Juli T. Souza B , Pamela N. Modesto B , Silméia Garcia Zanati Bazan B , Suzana E. Tanni CD , Marina P. Okoshi DEG , Bertha F. Polegato E , Sergio A.R. Paiva E , Leonardo Zornoff E , Marcos F. Minicucci ACDE , Paula S. Azevedo ACDEFGDOI: 10.12659/MSM.938989
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e938989
Table 1 Demographic and echocardiographic data of 90 patients with rheumatoid arthritis according to altered geometry patterns.
Variable | Altered geometry patterns | P value | |
---|---|---|---|
Yes (n=51) | No (n=39) | ||
Age (years) | 55.4 (±10.2) | 49.5 (±10.7) | 0.009 |
Male, n (%) | 10.0 (19.6) | 6 (15.4) | 0.809 |
Hypertension, n (%) | 33.0 (64.7) | 8 (20.5) | |
Smoking, n (%) | 11.0 (21.6) | 12 (30.8) | 0.455 |
LOD (months) | 96.0 (60.0–180.0) | 108 (60–168) | 1.000 |
Vitamin D (ng/mL) | 30.3 (±9.1) | 31.3 (±12) | 0.656 |
DAS28-CRP | 2.7 (2.4–3.2) | 2.5 (1.8–3.4) | 0.193 |
Biological agents, n (%) | 24 (47.0) | 22 (56.4) | 0.505 |
Corticosteroid, n (%) | 35.0 (68.6) | 29.0 (74.3) | 0.719 |
LVIM (g/m) | 100.6 (90.3–110.4) | 75.5 (71.3–85.3) | |
LVDD (mm) | 47.0 (46.0–48.0) | 46.0 (44.0–48.0) | 0.027 |
RWT | 0.46 (0.43–0.50) | 0.37 (0.36–0.40) | |
EF (%) | 70.0 (±2.8) | 69.6 (±2.3) | 0.433 |
DD, n (%) | 35.0 (68.6) | 10 (25.6) | |
LOD – length of disease; DAS28-CRP – Disease Activity Score-28 for Rheumatoid Arthritis with c-reactive protein; LVMI – left ventricular mass index; LVDD – left ventricular diastolic diameter; relative wall thickness; EF – ejection fraction; DD – diastolic dysfunction. |