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Obesity and carotid atherosclerosis in African black and Caucasian women with established rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study

INTRODUCTION: Reported findings on the relationship between adiposity and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ACVD) risk in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are contradictory and originate in developed populations. Approximately 80% of ACVD now occurs in developing countries. We aimed to ascertain the...

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Autores principales: Solomon, Ahmed, Norton, Gavin R, Woodiwiss, Angela J, Dessein, Patrick H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3446436/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22430029
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar3784