The impact of traditional cardiovascular risk factors on cardiovascular outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is known to increase the risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease. However, the individual impact of traditional CV risk factors in RA is unknown. OBJECTIVE:To assess the strength of the association between individual CV risk factors and rate of either myocardial infa...

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Main Authors: Leena R Baghdadi, Richard J Woodman, E Michael Shanahan, Arduino A Mangoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4331556?pdf=render