The extent of subclinical atherosclerosis is partially predicted by the inflammatory load: A prospective study over 5 years in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and matched controls

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 935-942

  Södergren, Anna ^a   Karp, Kjell ^b   Bengtsson, Christine ^a   Möller, Bozena ^c   Rantapää Dahlqvist, Solbritt ^a   Wållberg Jonsson, Solveig ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ÖSTERSUND HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; INFLAMMATION; PROSPECTIVE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; AUTACOID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAS28; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REYNOLDS RISK SCORE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWEDEN;

EID: 84940518088     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.140694     Document Type: Article

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