In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), cardiovascular (CV) comorbidities are a major cause of mortality. Coronary Calcium Score (CCS) assessed by computed tomography has been associated with RA prognosis. In this work, we aimed to assess CCS in female RA patients and determine CCS association with different clinical, laboratory and imaging disease parameters.
We evaluated 60 female patients, with a mean age of 53.6 ± 10.4 years, a mean Disease Activity Score of 28 joints (DAS28) (4v) and Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) of 4.542 ± 1.317 and 1.488 ± 0.631, respectively, and a disease duration of 14.7 ± 10.3 years. Mean CCS value was 35.192 ± 117.786. CCS > 10 was significantly associated with CV risk factors (age: odds ratio [OR] = 1.120; P = .002, body mass index [BMI] ≥ 25 kg/m
Our work reinforces the hypothesis that in RA, CCS may be a useful tool in CV risk assessment, particularly valuable in poorer controlled patients with certain lipoprotein profiles.