Relationship between arterial stiffness and Stanford health assessment questionnaire disability in rheumatoid arthritis patients without overt arterial disease

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 946-952

  Crilly, Michael A ^a   Clark, Hazel J ^b   Kumar, Vinod ^d   Scott, Neilw ^a   MacDonald, Alan G ^c   Williams, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arteries; Cardiovascular disease; Disability evaluation; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; GLUCOSE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EUROQOL UTILITY SCORE; FEMALE; FRUIT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GODIN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY SCORE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77951872869     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.091052     Document Type: Article

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