The major determinants of arterial stiffness in Korean patients with rheumatoid arthritis are age and systolic blood pressure, not disease-related factors

Rheumatology International

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3455-3461

  Kim, Young Sam ^a   Sung, Yoon Kyoung ^a   Choi, Chan Bum ^a   Uhm, Wan Sik ^a   Kim, Tae Hwan ^a   Shin, Jin Ho ^b   Jun, Jae Bum ^a  

^a Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ankle brachial index; Arterial stiffness; Peripheral arterial disease; Pulse wave velocity; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ANKLE PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84872182983     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-011-2198-y     Document Type: Article

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