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Table 1 General characteristics of the study group of patients

From: Left ventricular myocardial strain assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

 

RA

CON

Number [n/%]

30/100.0

26/100.0

Gender [n/%]

 Men

10/33.3

10/38,5

 Women

20/66.7

16/61.5

Age [years]

49.83 ± 13.68

49.42 ± 7.16

Height [m]

1.65 ± 0.08

1.68 ± 0.07

Weight [kg]

70.67 ± 13.67

71.75 ± 9.01

Body mass index (BMI) [kg/m2]

25.41 ± 4.09

25.51 ± 3.01

Body surface area (BSA) [m2]

1.76 ± 0.17

1.81 ± 0.13

Overweight/obesity [n/%]

 Normal body mass

14/46.7

12/46.1

 Overweight/obesity

16/53.3

14/54.9

Coexistence of cardiovascular risk factors [n/%]

 Arterial hypertension

8/26.7

5/19.2

 Type 2 diabetes

3/10.0

2/7.6

 Smoking

2/6.7

3/11.5

  1. No statistical differences between the studied groups