Table 1

Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics

Characteristic		Frequency	Percentage
Sex	Female	60	61
Ethnicity	Aboriginal/first nations	3	3
	Black	2	2
	Caucasian	85	86
	Hispanic	2	2
	South-Asian	1	1
	Other Asian	6	6
Inflammatory conditions	RA	55	56
	Psoriasis	14	14
	PsA	12	12
	Gout	11	11
	AS	6	6
	SLE	1	1
Risk factors	Hypertension	47	47
	Dyslipidaemia	45	45
	Diabetes	13	13
	Atherosclerotic vascular events	12	12
	Current tobacco use	11	11
	CKD	9	9
Exercise	Very active	9	9
	Moderately active	39	39
	No exercise additional to ordinary daily living	49	50
	Not reported	2	2
Alcohol use	None	38	38
	1–2/day	40	41
	>2 drinks/day	14	14
	1–3 drinks/week	5	5
	Not reported	2	2
Dietary habits	No specific diet	85	86
	Low sugar	3	3
	Low salt	7	7
	Low saturated fat	1	1
	High fruit/vegetables	6	6
	Other	2	2
Characteristic		Mean	SD
Age	Age, years	64	14.8
Physical and lab assessment	BMI, kg/m²	28.2	5.2
	Systolic BP, mm Hg	136.6	15.7
	Diastolic BP, mm Hg	81.8	11.4
	Total cholesterol, mmol/L	4.8	1.3
	HDL-cholesterol, mmol/L	1.4	0.5
	LDL-cholesterol, mmol/L	2.6	1.1
	A1C, %	8.3	1.1
	eGFR, ml/min/1.73 m2	76.6	18.5
	ACR, mg/mmol	154.7 (Median)	77.5–231.8 (IQR)

A1C, Glycated Hemoglobin; ACR, albumin to creatinine ratio; AS, ankylosing spondylitis; BMI, body mass index; BP, Blood pressure; CKD, chronic kidney disease; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; HDL, High-density lipoprotien; LDL, Low-density lipoprotien; PsA, psoriatic arthritis; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus.