Cardiorespiratory fitness and age-related arterial stiffness in women with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Cristina Montalbán-MéndezAlberto Soriano-MaldonadoJosé A Vargas-HitosLuis M Sáez-UránAntonio Rosales-CastilloPablo Morillas-de-LagunoBlanca Gavilán-CarreraJuan Jiménez-AlonsoPublished in: European journal of clinical investigation (2018)
The results of this study suggest that cardiorespiratory fitness might attenuate the age-related arterial stiffening in women with systemic lupus erythematosus and might thus contribute to the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in this population. As the cross-sectional design precludes establishing causal relationships, future clinical trials should confirm or contrast these findings.
Keyphrases
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- cardiovascular disease
- clinical trial
- cross sectional
- disease activity
- blood pressure
- magnetic resonance
- type diabetes
- current status
- rheumatoid arthritis
- randomized controlled trial
- coronary artery disease
- metabolic syndrome
- contrast enhanced
- computed tomography
- open label
- phase ii
- study protocol