Cardiovascular comorbidities antedating the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1826-1829

  Kerola, Anne M ^a,b   Kerola, Tuomas ^b   Kauppi, Markku J ^b,c   Kautiainen, Hannu ^d   Virta, Lauri J ^e   Puolakka, Kari ^f   Nieminen, Tuomo V M ^b,c,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b PÄIJÄT HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

^f SOUTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENDER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REIMBURSEMENT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84885190389     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-202398     Document Type: Article

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