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Table 2 Statin therapy recommendation according to the WHO CVD risk charts and the presence of CP

From: Statin indication according to the 2019 World Health Organization cardiovascular disease risk charts and carotid ultrasound in Mexican mestizo rheumatoid arthritis patients

RA patients (n = 157)

Patients with CP, n (%)

Patients without CP, n (%)

Patients with statin therapy recommendation according to the WHO CVD risk charts

20 (40.8)

29 (26.9)

Patients without statin therapy recommendation according to the WHO CVD risk charts

29 (59.2)

79 (73.1)

  1. WHO World Health Organization, CVD cardiovascular disease, CP carotid plaque