Rheumatoid arthritis is an independent risk factor for increased carotid intima-media thickness: Impact of anti-inflammatory treatment

Rheumatology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1076-1081

  Ristić, Gorica G ^a   Lepić, Toplica ^a   Glišić, Branislava ^a   Stanisavljević, Dejana ^b   Vojvodić, Danilo ^a   Petronijević, Milan ^a   Stefanović, Dušan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LABORATORY TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953532433     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kep456     Document Type: Article

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