Table 1

Demographic and traditional cardiovascular risk factors of patients with IIM

Author, yearGroupnF/M nAge (years)HT %Smoke %DB %Obe­se, %DL %BMI kg/m2PG†TC†LDLc†HDLc†TG†
Coyle, 200940JDM1714/34.6-16.4NA0023.547.119.7 ∼85 ∼
mg/dL
165 ∼
mg/dL
106∼
mg/dL
39 ∼
mg/dL
115 ∼ mg/dL
de Moraes, 201336DM84
105
67/17
83/22
41.5
42.0
47.6*
18.1
10.7
11.4
17.9*
1.0
NA67.9*
49.5
27.5*
25.4
84*∼
80 ∼
mg/dL
180 ∼
187 ∼
mg/dL
88 ∼
113 ∼
mg/dL
49*∼
54 ∼
mg/dL
119*∼
86 ∼
mg/dL
de Souza, 201437PM
Controls
35
70
27/8
54/16
49.7
48.7
45.7*
27.1
14.3
17.1
34.3*
4.3
NA71.4*
51.4
27.5
26.0
91* ∼
81 ∼
mg/dL
196 ∼
194 ∼
mg/dL
111 ∼
122 ∼
mg/dL
57
55
mg/dL
149* ∼
99
mg/dL
Diederichsen 201422PM/DM
Controls
76
48
49/27
32/16
60.0
59.4
71*
42
25
17
13*
0
33* 1088¶*
73
27.6
26.0
6.5
6.0
5.6
5.4
3.3
3.1
1.6
1.7
1.5*
1.1
Eimer, 201141JDM
Controls
8
15
3/5
6/9
38
37
NA25
0
NANANA23 ∼
24 ∼
94 ∼
92 ∼
mg/dL
NA102* ∼
113 ∼
mg/dL
40* ∼
53 ∼
mg/dL
75 ∼
66 ∼
mg/dL
Schwartz, 201442JDM
Controls
59
59
36/23
36/23
21.5
21.6
12*
0
23
17
0
0
NANA22.3
22.5
NA4.2*
4.6
2.3*
2.7
1.2*
1.5
NA
Wang, 201338DM‡
Controls
41
41
30/11
30/11
44.6
42.4
0
0
NA0
0
NA70.7¤
NA
NANA4.1
3.9
2.5
2.3
1.1*
1.3
2.2*
1.1
Wang, 201357PM§
Controls
71
71
56/15
56/15
46.9
46.2
0
0
NA0
0
NANANA5.0
5.1
4.8
4.7
2.2*
1.8
2.0*
2.4
1.7*
1.3
Wang, 201439PM‡
Controls
60
60
44/16
44/16
42.9
42.9
0
0
10
10
0
0
NA47¤*
20
22.7
22.1
NA4.1*
4.7
2.4*
2.7
0.9*
1.5
1.9*
1.3
Wang, 201414DM§
Controls
51
51
43/8
43/8
44.1
44.4
0
0
NA0
0
NANANA4.8
4.8
4.8
4.8
2.9
2.7
1.4
1.5
1.7*
1.4
  • *p<0.05; JDM: juvenile dermatomyositis;.

  • †Units are mmol/L unless otherwise indicated and values are mean unless marked with ∼=median.

  • ‡Untreated patients without hypertension, diabetes and cardiovascular heart disease.

  • §Patients without hypertension, diabetes and cardiovascular heart disease.

  • ¶Hypercholesterolemia. ¤hypertriglyceridemia.

  • BMI, body mass index; DL, dyslipidaemia; DM, diabetes mellitus; DM: dermatomyositis; F/M, female/male; HDLc, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HT, hypertension; IIM, idiopathic inflammatory myopathies; LDLc, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; NA, not available; PG, plasma glucose; PM: polymyositis; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglycerides.