| Variables | p-value |
| Age (<45 ans/³45 ans) | 0.01 |
| Sex | 0.43 |
| Diagnostic delay (<12 mois/³12 mois) | 0.35 |
| No-exercice | 0.44 |
| Hypertension | 0.009 |
| Obesity | 0.68 |
| Dyslipidémia | 0.84 |
| Metabolic syndrome | 0.36 |
| Disease activity | 0.14 |
| Extra-articulaire manifestations | 0.28 |
| Joints-deformities | 0.72 |
| Corticosteroid duration (<24 mois/³24 mois) | 0.13 |
| Corticosteroid dose, daily (<10 mg/j/³10 mg/j)* | 0.87 |
| Rheumatoid factor | 0.53 |
| Anti-CCP | 0.17 |