Table 3.

Correlations between the percentage change in myocardial measures according to participant characteristics. Correlation coefficients ρ are Spearman correlation coefficients.

Characteristic	% Change in LVMI		% Change in EDV		% Change in EF
Characteristic	ρ	p	ρ	p	ρ	p
% change in ESR	0.006	0.98	0.561	0.010	0.201	0.40
% change in CRP	0.191	0.42	0.034	0.89	−0.043	0.86
% change in SDAI	−0.616	0.004	−0.150	0.53	0.047	0.84
% change in CDAI	−0.580	0.007	−0.338	0.15	0.145	0.54
Baseline age	0.537	0.015	0.029	0.89	−0.306	0.19
ACPA titer	−0.121	0.61	0.190	0.42	0.017	0.94
RF titer	0.050	0.83	0.126	0.60	−0.023	0.92
Baseline RA duration	0.186	0.43	−0.076	0.75	0.078	0.74

LVMI: left ventricular mass index; EDV: end-diastolic volume; EF: ejection fraction; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP: C-reactive protein; SDAI: Simplified Disease Activity Index; CDAI: Clinical Disease Activity Index; ACPA: anticitrullinated protein antibodies; RF: rheumatoid factor; RA: rheumatoid arthritis.