Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the OA phenotypes in MUST
From: Biomarkers of cardiovascular risk across phenotypes of osteoarthritis
Number with variable | Hand OA n = 154 | Lower-Limb OA n = 111 | General OA n = 100 | p Hand vs Lower-limb | p Lower-limb vs. Gen. OA | p Hand vs Gen. OA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age, mean (range) | 366 | 62.1 (42.0–75.0) | 62.9 (45.0–75.0) | 64.3 (47.0–75.0) | 0.40 | 0.18 | 0.02 |
Female gender, n (%) | 366 | 126 (81.3) | 62 (55.9) | 76 (76.0) | < 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.31 |
Smoking daily, n (%) | 363 | 18 (11.7) | 13 (11.9) | 12 (12.0) | 0.95 | 0.99 | 0.94 |
Higher education, n (%) | 359 | 37 (24.5) | 41 (37.3) | 26 (26.5) | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.72 |
BMI kg/m2, mean (SD) | 356 | 25.8 (4.3) | 28.0 (4.7) | 28.1 (4.7) | < 0.001 | 0.77 | < 0.001 |
CRP mg/L, mean (SD) | 364 | 2.2 (3.5) | 2.6 (4.4) | 2.9 (3.8) | 0.44 | 0.64 | 0.17 |
Use of NSAIDs daily n (%) | 364 | 27 (17.4) | 20 (18.2) | 20 (20.2) | 0.87 | 0.71 | 0.58 |
Heart rate, beats/min (SD) | 258 | 64.4 (10.4) | 63.7 (9.8) | 65.4 (10.7) | 0.63 | 0.29 | 0.56 |
MHAQ | 366 | 1.20 (1.16–1.25) | 1.20 (1.15–1.25) | 1.26 (1.19–1.32) | 0.98 | 0.19 | 0.16 |
Regular exercise n (%) | 365 | 137 (77.4) | 101 (91.0) | 87 (87.9) | 0.50 | 0.46 | 0.90 |
AIx,% mean (SD | 258 | 32.3 (8.5) | 29.0 (8.9) | 31.7 (8.6) | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.67 |
PWV m/s, mean (SD) | 257 | 8.65 (2.0) | 8.7 (1.9) | 9.1 (2.0) | 0.61 | 0.25 | 0.11 |
ABI | 174 | 1.2 (0.1) | 1.2 (0.1) | 1.2 (0.2) | 0.02 | 0.46 | 0.14 |