Disease factors in early rheumatoid arthritis are associated with differential risks for cardiovascular events and mortality depending on age at onset: A 10-year observational cohort study

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1958-1966

  Ajeganova, Sofia ^a   Andersson, Maria L E ^b   Frostegård, Johan ^c   Hafström, Ingiäld ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autoantibody; Cardiovascular event; Disease measures; Mortality risk; Prognosis; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CITRULLINATED PROTEIN ANTIBODY; METHOTREXATE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AUTOANTIBODY; CARDIOVASCULAR EVENT; DISEASE MEASURES; MORTALITY RISK; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84889047221     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.130365     Document Type: Article

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