Systemic inflammation and cardiovascular risk factors predict rapid progression of atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1118-1123

  Del Rincón, Inmaculada ^a   Polak, Joseph F ^c   O'Leary, Daniel H ^c   Battafarano, Daniel F ^d   Erikson, John M ^b   Restrepo, Jose F ^a   Molina, Emily ^a   Escalante, Agustín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; CERTOLIZUMAB PEGOL; ETANERCEPT; GOLIMUMAB; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ANTIBODY; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE; CYCLOPEPTIDE; HLA DRB1 ANTIGEN; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ULTRASOUND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG USE; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENETICS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

AGED; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HLA-DRB1 CHAINS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INFLAMMATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 84932607494     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-205058     Document Type: Article

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