No significant associations were found between the baseline characteristics of patients (sex, disease duration, body mass index, weight, ever smoking, etc.), or comorbidities (previous CV event, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia, etc.), or changes in inflammatory indicators (CRP and ESR), and the risks of CV events in bDMARD users in metaregression analyses (Table S7). Here, CRP is linked to hypertensive disorder.