Antioxidants and other novel cardiovascular risk factors in subjects with rheumatoid arthritis in a large population sample

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 953-962

  De Pablo, Paola ^a,e   Dietrich, Thomas ^b,c   Karlson, Elizabeth W ^d  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cardiovascular risk factors; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CRYPTOXANTHIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LYCOPENE; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTENOIDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VITAMINS;

EID: 34547735641     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22912     Document Type: Article

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