High prevalence of obesity in rheumatoid arthritis patients: association with disease activity, hypertension, dyslipidemia and diabetes, a multi-center study.
Maria Fernanda Brandão de Resende GuimarãesCarlos Ewerton Maia RodriguesKirla Wagner Poti GomesCarla Jorge MachadoClaiton Viegas BrenolSusana Ferreira KrampeNicole Pamplona Bueno de AndradeAdriana Maria KakehasiPublished in: Advances in rheumatology (London, England) (2019)
Obesity was highly prevalent in RA patients and associated with disease activity.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- ankylosing spondylitis
- type diabetes
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- insulin resistance
- end stage renal disease
- metabolic syndrome
- weight loss
- blood pressure
- ejection fraction
- cardiovascular disease
- weight gain
- chronic kidney disease
- high fat diet induced
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- body mass index
- patient reported outcomes
- glycemic control
- interstitial lung disease
- skeletal muscle