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Raadsen R, Hansildaar R, van Kuijk AWR, Nurmohamed MT. Male rheumatoid arthritis patients at substantially higher risk for cardiovascular mortality in comparison to women. Semin Arthritis Rheum 2023; 62:152233. [PMID: 37356211 DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2023.152233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2023] [Revised: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 06/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at an increased risk for developing cardiovascular diseases. While advice regarding cardiovascular risk screening and management in RA patients has been incorporated in several guidelines in recent years, its implementation and adherence is still poor. OBJECTIVES To assess the cardiovascular disease risk in new diagnosed RA patients and evaluate whether advice to initiate preventive medical treatment of high risk patients was followed. METHODS All patients with a recent diagnosis of RA, aged 40-70 years, were screened between May 2019 and December 2022 for cardiovascular diseases and risk factors within the first year after diagnosis at the outpatient rheumatology clinic, as part of standard care. Screening included a physical examination with blood pressure measurement, and laboratory tests with lipid profile tests. All patients and their general practitioner (GP) received an overview with their cardiovascular risk profile and a calculated 10-year cardiovascular mortality risk. Cardiovascular risk was defined as low (<1%), intermediate (1-5%), high (5-10%) and very high (>10%). The national pharmacy network was consulted to check whether or not patients started preventive medication after screening. RESULTS A total of 125 RA patients was included in this study. The mean age was 56 years and 78% was female. Median RA disease duration at screening was 6 months. Six patients (5%) indicated to have been screened before, and used antihypertensive medication. During screening, hypertension was found in 57% of male patients and 43% of female patients and dyslipidemia was found in 36% in male and 32% in female patients. 46% of male patients and 21% of female patients currently smoked. A high or very high 10-year cardiovascular mortality risk was found in 50% of male patients, but in only 4% of female patients. Only 26% of (very) high risk patients started antihypertensive or statin medication after screening. CONCLUSIONS An increased cardiovascular disease risk is often present in newly diagnosed RA patients, especially male patients, with a large proportion having undiagnosed and untreated hypertension and hypercholesterolemia. Even with structural screening and informing of the patients and GPs, treatment of cardiovascular risk factors in high risk patients remains insufficient. CV risk screening needs to be part of standard care for RA patients, with clear agreement on the responsibilities between primary and secondary care. Awareness of the importance of CVD risk screening needs to improve among both RA patients themselves and the GPs to ultimately reduce the cardiovascular burden of our patients. Obviously, a better collaboration between GPs and rheumatologists is urgently needed to lower the cardiovascular burden of our patients.
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- R Raadsen
- Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Location VUmc and Reade, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, the Netherlands.
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- Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Location VUmc and Reade, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Location VUmc and Reade, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Location VUmc and Reade, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, the Netherlands; Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam UMC Location VUmc, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, the Netherlands
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Guerra JD, De Santiago AB, Reed S, Hammonds KP, Shaver C, Widmer RJ, Scholz BA. Cardiology co-management of rheumatoid arthritis patients with coronary artery disease as an intervention reduces hospitalization rates and adverse event occurrence. Clin Rheumatol 2022; 41:3715-3724. [PMID: 35974225 PMCID: PMC9381150 DOI: 10.1007/s10067-022-06335-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Revised: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease with important cardiovascular (CV) implications. CV disease represents over half of RA patient deaths and causes significant morbidity. CV manifestations in RA can be complex, raising concerns for adequate patient management and provider-dependent roles. METHODS This is a retrospective study of patients diagnosed with RA and coronary artery disease (CAD). Patients were identified and filtered via EPIC Database search engine. Parameters were set from January 1, 2014, to December 31, 2020. Inclusion criteria consisted of patients who met diagnostic criteria for both RA and CAD. A total of 399 patients met criteria. RESULTS Of the 399 identified patients, 272 were female (68.2%) and 127 were male (31.8%) with a median age of 73 (range 26-98). The population was further divided into two groups: those with established cardiology care versus those without. Patients without cardiology follow-up experienced significantly more hospitalizations (RR 1.63 95% CI 1.12, 2.38), higher rates of adverse events including myocardial infarction (MI) (RR 4.82 95% CI 1.94, 11.98), heart failure (HF) (OR 15.81 95% CI 3.54, 70.52), and stroke (RR 2.55 95% CI 1.29, 5.03). Patients not followed by cardiology also had numerical increases in CV death (4 deaths compared to none in those with cardiology follow) and all-cause mortality (HR 1.03 95% CI 0.63, 1.67). CONCLUSION Patients with regular cardiology follow-up demonstrated fewer cardiac-related adverse events. This suggests that co-management may have a role in adverse cardiac event risk reduction and should therefore be an early consideration. Key Points • Rheumatoid arthritis patients demonstrate higher rates of coronary disease compared to the general population. Traditional cardiac risk factors may not be entirely responsible for this phenomenon • Hospitalization rates and adverse event occurrence are significantly higher in patients with single-provider care (rheumatology only) compared to dual provider care (rheumatology and cardiology) • Cardiology co-management should be an early consideration in the management of RA patients • Early screening, risk stratification of coronary disease, and utilization of appropriate treatment algorithms are important to decrease morbidity and mortality.
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- Jorge D Guerra
- Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center, Texas A&M University College of Medicine, St, MS 01 161B, Temple, TX, 2401 S 3176508, USA.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center, Texas A&M University College of Medicine, St, MS 01 161B, Temple, TX, 2401 S 3176508, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center, Texas A&M University College of Medicine, St, MS 01 161B, Temple, TX, 2401 S 3176508, USA
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- Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center, Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Temple, TX, USA
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- Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center, Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Temple, TX, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center, Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Temple, TX, USA
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- Department of Rheumatology, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center, Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Temple, TX, USA
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Semb AG, Rollefstad S, Ikdahl E, Wibetoe G, Sexton J, Crowson C, van Riel P, Kitas G, Graham I, Rantapää-Dahlqvist S, Karpouzas GA, Myasoedova E, Gonzalez-Gay MA, Sfikakis PP, Tektonidou MGG, Lazarini A, Vassilopoulos D, Kuriya B, Hitchon C, Stoenoiu MS, Durez P, Pascual-Ramos V, Galarza-Delgado DA, Faggiano P, Misra DP, Borg AA, Mu R, Mirrakhimov EM, Gheta D, Douglas K, Agarwal V, Myasoedova S, Krougly L, Valentinovna Popkova T, Tuchyňová A, Tomcik M, Vrablik M, Lastuvka J, Horak P, Medkova HK, Kerola AM. Diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular risk management in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: an international audit. RMD Open 2021; 7:rmdopen-2021-001724. [PMID: 34244381 PMCID: PMC8268901 DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2021-001724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2021] [Accepted: 06/20/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Aim The objective was to examine the prevalence of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) and its risk factors among patients with RA with diabetes mellitus (RA-DM) and patients with RA without diabetes mellitus (RAwoDM), and to evaluate lipid and blood pressure (BP) goal attainment in RA-DM and RAwoDM in primary and secondary prevention. Methods The cohort was derived from the Survey of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis from 53 centres/19 countries/3 continents during 2014–2019. We evaluated the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among RA-DM and RAwoDM. The study population was divided into those with and without ASCVD, and within these groups we compared risk factors and CVD preventive treatment between RA-DM and RAwoDM. Results The study population comprised of 10 543 patients with RA, of whom 1381 (13%) had DM. ASCVD was present in 26.7% in RA-DM compared with 11.6% RAwoDM (p<0.001). The proportion of patients with a diagnosis of hypertension, hyperlipidaemia and use of lipid-lowering or antihypertensive agents was higher among RA-DM than RAwoDM (p<0.001 for all). The majority of patients with ASCVD did not reach the lipid goal of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol <1.8 mmol/L. The lipid goal attainment was statistically and clinically significantly higher in RA-DM compared with RAwoDM both for patients with and without ASCVD. The systolic BP target of <140 mm Hg was reached by the majority of patients, and there were no statistically nor clinically significant differences in attainment of BP targets between RA-DM and RAwoDM. Conclusion CVD preventive medication use and prevalence of ASCVD were higher in RA-DM than in RAwoDM, and lipid goals were also more frequently obtained in RA-DM. Lessons may be learnt from CVD prevention programmes in DM to clinically benefit patients with RA.
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- Anne Grete Semb
- Preventive Cardio-Rheuma Clinic, Division of Rheumatology and Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Preventive Cardio-Rheuma Clinic, Division of Rheumatology and Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Preventive Cardio-Rheuma Clinic, Division of Rheumatology and Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Preventive Cardio-Rheuma Clinic, Division of Rheumatology and Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Rheumatology and Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Rheumatology, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust, Dudley, UK
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- Cardiology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine/Rheumatology, Umeå Universitet Medicinska Fakulteten, Umea, Sweden
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- First Department of Propedeutic Medicine, Medical School of University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- 2nd Department of Medicine and Laboratory, Clinical Immunology-Rheumatology Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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- 2nd Department of Medicine and Laboratory, Clinical Immunology-Rheumatology Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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- Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Rheumatology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Charles University First Faculty of Medicine, Praha, Czech Republic
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- Krajska zdravotni a.s, Masaryk Hospital in Usti nad Labem, Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic
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- First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic
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- Department of Internal Medicine III-Nephrology, Rheumatology and Endocrinology, University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Olomoucký, Czech Republic
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- Division of Rheumatology, 2nd Department of Internal Medicine-Gastroenterology, Charles University First Faculty of Medicine, Praha, Czech Republic
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- Medicine, Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Rheumatology, Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust, Dudley, UK
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Rheumatology, Ivanovo State Medical Academy, Ivanovo, Ivanovskaa oblast', Russian Federation
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- Rheumatology, FSBI National Medical and Surgical Center named after N I Pirogov of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, Moskva, Moskva, Russian Federation
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- Rheumatology, Narodny Ustav Reumatickych Chorob, Piestany, Slovakia
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- Rheumatology, Charles University First Faculty of Medicine, Praha, Czech Republic
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- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Charles University First Faculty of Medicine, Praha, Czech Republic
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- Krajska zdravotni a.s, Masaryk Hospital in Usti nad Labem, Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic.,First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic
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- Department of Internal Medicine III-Nephrology, Rheumatology and Endocrinology, University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Olomoucký, Czech Republic
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- Division of Rheumatology, 2nd Department of Internal Medicine-Gastroenterology, Charles University First Faculty of Medicine, Praha, Czech Republic
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- Preventive Cardio-Rheuma Clinic, Division of Rheumatology and Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Kerola AM, Rollefstad S, Semb AG. Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Impact of Inflammation and Antirheumatic Treatment. Eur Cardiol 2021; 16:e18. [PMID: 34040652 PMCID: PMC8145075 DOI: 10.15420/ecr.2020.44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at approximately 1.5-fold risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared with the general population, a phenomenon resulting from combined effects of traditional CVD risk factors and systemic inflammation. Rheumatoid synovitis and unstable atherosclerotic plaques share common inflammatory mechanisms, such as expression of proinflammatory cytokines interleukin (IL)-1, tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α and IL-6. RA patients are undertreated in terms of CVD prevention, and structured CVD prevention programmes are warranted. Alongside management of traditional risk factors, suppressing systemic inflammation with antirheumatic medication is fundamental for the reduction of CVD risk among this high-risk patient group. Many antirheumatic drugs, especially methotrexate, TNF-α-inhibitors and IL-6-inhibitors are associated with reduced risk of CVD in observational studies among RA patients, but randomised controlled trials with hard CVD endpoints are lacking. In patients without rheumatic disease, anti-inflammatory therapies targeting nucleotide-binding oligomerisation domain, leucine-rich repeat and pyrin domain-containing protein 3 inflammasome and the IL-1/IL-6 pathway arise as potential therapies after an atherosclerotic CVD event.
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- Anne Mirjam Kerola
- Preventive Cardio-Rheuma Clinic, Division of Rheumatology and Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital Oslo, Norway.,Department of Rheumatology, Päijät-Häme Joint Authority for Health and Wellbeing Lahti, Finland
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- Preventive Cardio-Rheuma Clinic, Division of Rheumatology and Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital Oslo, Norway
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- Preventive Cardio-Rheuma Clinic, Division of Rheumatology and Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital Oslo, Norway
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Robert M, Hot A, Mifsud F, Ndongo-Thiam N, Miossec P. Joint Destruction Is Associated With All Types of Cardiovascular Events in French Rheumatoid Patients: A Real-Life Study With Very Long Follow-Up. Front Med (Lausanne) 2020; 7:556086. [PMID: 33195306 PMCID: PMC7661545 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2020.556086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Accepted: 09/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Objective: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) leads not only to joint destruction but also to systemic manifestations, with an increased incidence of cardiovascular events (CVE). Many studies have shown a link between RA severity and CV risk, but the duration of follow-up remains often insufficient to allow a conclusion. The CVE definition was generally reduced to myocardial infarction and stroke, and few studies were conducted in non-Anglo-Saxon countries with low CV incidence. This study aimed to assess the relationship between joint destruction and the occurrence of different types of CVE in a large cohort of French RA patients with a long-term follow-up. Methods: This historical cohort study included 571 RA patients followed between 1992 and 2012 in Lyon, France. The primary endpoint was the first occurrence of a CVE. Logistic regressions were used to identify factors associated with CVE occurrence. Cox proportional hazard models were performed as a separate analysis to take advantage of the long-term follow-up. Results: During a mean follow-up of 16.1 years, 30.3% of patients experienced a CVE, mostly acute arterial events. Joint destruction was associated with an increased risk of CVE [odds ratio = 3.72; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.09–15.35; p = 0.047] among non-smoker RA patients. A survival analysis revealed that joint destruction was associated with a shorter time to onset of the first CVE only among non-smokers (hazard ratio = 3.44; 95% CI, 1.07–11.04; p = 0.038). Conclusion: Joint destruction is associated with CVE occurrence in RA patients from a population with a lower incidence of CV disease. This study suggests that RA patients, especially those with destruction, merit the institution of precise guidelines to manage this CV risk, and trials are required to evaluate them.
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- Marie Robert
- Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Immunogenomics and Inflammation Research Unit EA 4130, University of Lyon 1, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Immunogenomics and Inflammation Research Unit EA 4130, University of Lyon 1, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Immunogenomics and Inflammation Research Unit EA 4130, University of Lyon 1, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Immunogenomics and Inflammation Research Unit EA 4130, University of Lyon 1, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Immunogenomics and Inflammation Research Unit EA 4130, University of Lyon 1, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France
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