Levels of C-Reactive Protein Associated with High and Very High Cardiovascular Risk Are Prevalent in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

OBJECTIVE: C-reactive protein (CRP) levels>3 mg/L and>10 mg/L are associated with high and very high cardiovascular risk, respectively, in the general population. Because rheumatoid arthritis (RA) confers excess cardiovascular mortality, we determined the prevalence of these CRP levels among R...

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Autores principales: Graf, Jonathan, Scherzer, Rebecca, Grunfeld, Carl, Imboden, John
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2707000/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19606218
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006242

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2707000/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19606218
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006242

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