Points to consider in cardiovascular disease risk management among patients with rheumatoid arthritis living in South Africa, an unequal middle income country.
Ahmed SolomonAnne E StanwixSantos CastañedaJavier LlorcaCarlos Gonzalez-JuanateyBridget HodkinsonBenitha RomelaMahmood M T M AllyAjesh B MaharajElsa M Van DuurenJoyce J ZikiMpoti SebokaMakgotso MohapiBarend J Jansen Van RensburgGareth S TarrKavita MakanCharlene BaltonAphrodite GogakisMiguel A González-GayPatrick Hector DesseinPublished in: BMC rheumatology (2020)
Our findings indicate that optimal cardiovascular risk management likely differs substantially in RA patients from low or middle income compared to high income populations. There is an urgent need for future multicentre longitudinal studies on CVD risk in black African patients with RA.
Keyphrases
- cardiovascular disease
- south africa
- physical activity
- mental health
- rheumatoid arthritis
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- clinical trial
- disease activity
- metabolic syndrome
- randomized controlled trial
- current status
- ankylosing spondylitis
- patient reported outcomes
- human immunodeficiency virus
- systemic sclerosis
- hepatitis c virus
- patient reported
- cardiovascular events
- breast cancer risk