Risk factor profiles for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in black and other Africans with established rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 953-960

  Solomon, Ahmed ^a   Christian, Berenice F ^a   Norton, Gavin R ^a   Woodiwiss, Angela J ^a   Dessein, Patrick H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk; Epidemiological transition; Ethnic origin; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NEGRO; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNDERWEIGHT;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTERIES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JOINTS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 77951858491     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.091032     Document Type: Article

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