This review offers a comprehensive summary of the current literature reporting on risk factors for CVD incidence among RA patients. Future research should focus on the less studied factors, including socioeconomic status, physical inactivity, alcohol consumption, sleep habits and dietary patterns as well as some RA-related factors such as anti-citrullinated protein antibodies and functional impairment.
Keyphrases
- cardiovascular disease
- alcohol consumption
- end stage renal disease
- rheumatoid arthritis
- physical activity
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- systematic review
- chronic kidney disease
- type diabetes
- risk factors
- prognostic factors
- disease activity
- ankylosing spondylitis
- emergency department
- current status
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- metabolic syndrome
- depressive symptoms
- cardiovascular events
- systemic sclerosis
- coronary artery disease
- binding protein