Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 and carotid intima-media thickness in primary Sjögren syndrome.
Selcan GültunaSevinc Can SandikciHatice KaplanoğluFevzi Nuri AydınFunda Seher Özalp AteşPublished in: Archives of rheumatology (2021)
Our study suggests that the patients of pSS have a potential risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, independent of traditional cardiovascular risk factors and disease severity.
Keyphrases
- cardiovascular risk factors
- cardiovascular disease
- end stage renal disease
- metabolic syndrome
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- type diabetes
- peritoneal dialysis
- risk assessment
- case report
- rheumatoid arthritis
- optical coherence tomography
- patient reported outcomes
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- climate change
- disease activity
- human health