Obesity is independently associated with impaired quality of life in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1831-1835

  García Poma, Augusto ^a   Segami, Maria I ^a,b   Mora, Claudia S ^a,b   Ugarte, Manuel F ^a   Terrazas, Henry N ^a   Rhor, Eduardo A ^b   García, Elmer ^a   Ramos, María P ^b   Alva, Magaly ^b   Castañeda, Isabel ^b   Chung, Cecilia P ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^b HOSPITAL NACIONAL EDGARDO REBAGLIATI MARTINS   (Peru)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Obesity; Qualityof life; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SHORT FORM 36;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X-RAYS;

EID: 34948909704     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-007-0583-4     Document Type: Article

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