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Cardiovascular risk factors predate the onset of symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis: a nested case–control study

BACKGROUND: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD). Our aim was to evaluate the impact of factors related to CVD, such as smoking, lipid levels, hypertension, body mass index (BMI) and diabetes, in individuals prior to the onset of sy...

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Autores principales: Kokkonen, Heidi, Stenlund, Hans, Rantapää-Dahlqvist, Solbritt
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5493076/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28666478
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13075-017-1351-8