Cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis versus osteoarthritis: acute phase response related decreased insulin sensitivity and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol as well as clustering of metabolic syndrome features in rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients experience a markedly increased frequency of cardiovascular disease. We evaluated cardiovascular risk profiles in 79 RA patients and in 39 age-matched and sex-matched osteoarthritis (OA) patients. Laboratory tests comprised ultrasensitive C-reactive protein (CRP) a...

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Autores principales: Dessein, Patrick H, Stanwix, Anne E, Joffe, Barry I
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Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: BioMed Central 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC125299/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12223108
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar428
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