Early rheumatoid arthritis and body composition

Rheumatology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1128-1132

  Book, Christina ^a   Karlsson, Magnus K ^a   Åkesson, Kristina ^a   Jacobsson, Lennart T H ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body composition; Cardiovascular disease; Early rheumatoid arthritis; Fat mass; Lean mass

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT DESTRUCTION; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349785460     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kep165     Document Type: Article

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