TL;DR
In this cross-sectional cohort, disease activity was more strongly associated with AVI than disease duration, and RA disease activity is closely associated with increased arterial stiffness and higher estimated 10-year ASCVD risk.
INTRODUCTION Patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases exhibit reduced physical activity (PA), contributing to increased cardiovascular risk and functional decline. While PA is recommended in both rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), variables associated with PA remain poorly understood...
In overall, smoking significantly exacerbates inflammatory pathways in rheumatoid arthritis and adversely affects the results of treatment, and quitting smoking should be a big part of managing RA.
OBJECTIVES Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) face significantly elevated stroke risk, yet existing cardiovascular risk assessment tools perform poorly in this population. This study aimed to develop and validate a cross-sectional stroke risk identification model integrating traditional and RA-specific clinical ch...
OBJECTIVE Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) confers substantially elevated cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. We quantified the association between joint risk factor control and incident CVD among RA patients and examined modification by genetic susceptibility. METHODS In this prospective UK Biobank cohort, 4,426 RA patients...
Introduction: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory arthritis affecting 0.5-1% of adults worldwide, with significant functional disability and economic burden. Comorbidities in RA are increasingly recognized as important determinants of disease outcomes, yet data on their spectrum and association with dis...
Serum asprosin levels differed between patients with RA and control participants in unadjusted analysis; however, this difference was not retained after adjustment for potential confounders, and no significant association with disease activity or inflammatory markers was identified.
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