Are ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis and undifferentiated spondyloarthritis associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events? A prospective nationwide population-based cohort study

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Bengtsson, Karin ^a   Forsblad d'Elia, Helena ^a,b   Lie, Elisabeth ^a   Klingberg, Eva ^a   Dehlin, Mats ^a   Exarchou, Sofia ^c   Lindström, Ulf ^a   Askling, Johan ^d   Jacobsson, Lennart T H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Ankylosing spondylitis; Cardiovascular disease; Cohort; Psoriatic arthritis; Spondylarthropathies; Spondyloarthritis; Stroke; Undifferentiated spondyloarthritis; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; WARFARIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85019599731     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13075-017-1315-z     Document Type: Article

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