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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...
Autores principales: | Dessein, Patrick H, Woodiwiss, Angela J, Norton, Gavin R, Solomon, Ahmed |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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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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