Lack association of body mass index with disease activity composites of rheumatoid arthritis in Korean population: Cross-sectional observation

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 485-492

  Choe, Jung Yoon ^a   Bae, Jisuk ^a   Lee, Hwajeong ^a   Park, Sung Hoon ^a   Kim, Seong Kyu ^a  

^a Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Disease activity; Erythrocyte sediment rate; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAS28; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIMPLIFIED DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX; UNDERWEIGHT; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BODY WEIGHT; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUTH KOREA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERWEIGHT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898861008     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-013-2427-8     Document Type: Article

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