Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome is increased in rheumatoid arthritis and is associated with coronary atherosclerosis

Abstract Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have accelerated atherosclerosis. The metabolic syndrome, a cluster of cardiovascular risk factors, identifies cardiovascular risk. We tested the hypotheses that patients with RA have a higher prevalence of the metabolic syndrome, particularly the WHO...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Atherosclerosis 2008-02, Vol.196 (2), p.756-763
Hauptverfasser:	Chung, Cecilia P, Oeser, Annette, Solus, Joseph F, Avalos, Ingrid, Gebretsadik, Tebeb, Shintani, Ayumi, Raggi, Paolo, Sokka, Tuulikki, Pincus, Theodore, Stein, C. Michael
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Arthritis, Rheumatoid - complications Atherosclerosis Atherosclerosis (general aspects, experimental research) Atherosclerosis - etiology Biological and medical sciences Blood and lymphatic vessels Calcinosis - etiology Cardiology. Vascular system Cardiovascular Cohort Studies Coronary Artery Disease - etiology Coronary heart disease Coronary-artery calcification Female Heart Humans Insulin Male Medical sciences Metabolic syndrome Metabolic Syndrome - complications Metabolic Syndrome - epidemiology Middle Aged Prevalence Rheumatoid arthritis Risk Factors
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