Rheumatoid arthritis is associated with reduced adiposity but not with unfavorable major cardiovascular risk factor profiles and enhanced carotid atherosclerosis in black Africans from a developing population: a cross-sectional study

INTRODUCTION: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by inflamed joint-derived cytokine-mediated high-grade systemic inflammation that enhances cardiovascular metabolic risk and disease in developed populations. We investigated the potential impact of RA on cardiovascular risk factors including...

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Autores principales: Dessein, Patrick H, Woodiwiss, Angela J, Norton, Gavin R, Solomon, Ahmed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3979152/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23968456
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar4276

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3979152/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23968456
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar4276

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