Table 3.

Spearman correlation analyses between lipoprotein measurements by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and metabolic and clinical variables and coronary artery calcification in patients with RA.

Characteristic	Body Mass Index	HOMA	CRP	DAS28	MHAQ	Coronary Calcium
Lipid subfractions
Large LDL	−0.22^†	−0.19^†	0.001	−0.05	−0.09	0.09
Small LDL	0.21^†	0.26^†	0.16	0.12	−0.06	0.02
Large HDL	−0.13	−0.15	0.01	0.04	0.15	−0.07
Small HDL	0.20^†	−0.12	−0.25^†	−0.18^†	−0.18^†	−0.18^†
Traditional lipid profile
Total cholesterol	−0.06	−0.01	−0.03	−0.06	−0.17^†	0.08
LDL cholesterol	−0.003	0.07	0.01	−0.01	−0.21^†	0.16
HDL cholesterol	−0.29^††	−0.24^†	−0.12	−0.16	0.02	−0.03
Triglycerides	0.12	0.06	0.01	0.07	−0.01	−0.05

HOMA (homeostasis model assessment index): fasting glucose (mmol/l) × fasting insulin (μU/ml)/22.5. CRP: C-reactive protein; DAS28: Disease Activity Score 28-joint count; MHAQ: Modified Health Assessment Questionnaire.
↵† p < 0.05,
↵†† p < 0.001.