Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in rheumatoid arthritis patients from Northeastern Brazil: Association with disease activity.
Kirla Wagner Poti GomesAna Joicy Pinheiro LuzMarcos Rainier de Brito FelipeLara Amorim BeltrãoAndré Xenofonte Cartaxo SampaioCarlos Ewerton Maia RodriguesPublished in: Modern rheumatology (2017)
RA in patients from Northeastern Brazil was found to be associated with increased WC, high prevalence of MetS (one of the highest in the world) and disease activity. Patients with MetS displayed a higher frequency of cardiovascular risk factors, indicating the need for better control of disease activity and modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD).
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- cardiovascular risk factors
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- metabolic syndrome
- cardiovascular disease
- ankylosing spondylitis
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- type diabetes
- insulin resistance
- skeletal muscle
- interstitial lung disease
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis