Carotid Atherosclerosis and T-Cell Imbalance in Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Cross-Sectional Study of Intima-Media Thickness, Anti-CCP Antibodies and CD4/CD8 Ratio.

J Clin Med · 2026 · PMC13363490 · PMID 42452516

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IL-6 was available in a subset of patients and showed a positive trend with IMT (Spearman’s ρ ≈ 0.30).

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In the final model, RA duration (β = 0.45, p < 0.001) and CD4/CD8 ratio (β = 0.28, p = 0.012) emerged as significant independent predictors of carotid IMT ( Figure 4 ), while age (β = 0.20, p = 0.07) showed a strong trend.

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