Demographics and clinical measures of the 136 patients included in the lipid and CVD analyses.

sd; standard deviation, Disease duration; disease duration in years at follow-up in 2007, ACPA; anti-citrullinated protein antibodies, RF; rheumatoid factor, CDAI; Clinical Disease Activity Index, DAS28; Diseases Activity Score 28, HAQ; Health Assessment Questionnaire, Statins; lipid lowering medications, sDMARD and bDMARD; synthetic and biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug,
*The three genotype groups (ε2carriers, ε3/ε3, and ε4 carriers) were compared by ANOVA or chi square test.
¤Not all patients had data available for all analyses, but the maximum number of patients in each group was ε2 n = 15, ε3/ε3 n = 81, ε4 n = 40. Patients with ε2/ε4 gentoype were excluded (n = 4).