Vitamin D status and its associations with disease activity and severity in african americans with recent-onset rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 275-281

  Craig, Steven M ^a   Yu, Fang ^a   Curtis, Jeffrey R ^b   Alarcón, Graciela S ^b   Conn, Doyt L ^c   Jonas, Beth ^d   Callahan, Leigh F ^d   Smith, Edwin A ^e   Moreland, Larryw ^f   Bridges Jr , S Louis ^b   Mikuls, Ted R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

African American severity; Rheumatoid arthritis disease activity; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; ETANERCEPT; GOLD SALT; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INFLIXIMAB; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT SWELLING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 76649141156     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.090705     Document Type: Article

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