Anti-Citrullinated Protein Antibody Specificities, Rheumatoid Factor Isotypes, and Incident Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Helga WesterlindJohan RönnelidMonika HanssonLars AlfredssonLinda Mathsson-AlmGuy SerreMartin CornilletRikard HolmdahlPer-Johan JakobssonKarl SkrinerLars KlareskogSaedis SaevarsdottirJohan AsklingPublished in: Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) (2020)
RF isotypes and ACPAs are associated with future CV events in patients with RA. ACPA levels and number of subspecificities seem more important than the occurrence of particular subspecificities, and these associations were not explained by a history of ever smoking.
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