Serum levels of anticyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies, interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-α, and C-reactive protein are associated with increased carotid intima-media thickness: a cross-sectional analysis of a cohort of rheumatoid arthritis patients without cardiovascular risk factors.
Mónica Vázquez-Del MercadoLourdes Nuñez-AtahualpaMauricio Figueroa-SánchezEduardo Gómez-BañuelosAlberto Daniel Rocha-MuñozBeatriz Teresita Martín-MárquezEsther Guadalupe Corona-SánchezErika Aurora Martínez-GarcíaHéctor Macias-ReyesGonzalez-Lopez LauraJorge Ivan Gamez-NavaRosa Elena Navarro-HernandezMaría Alejandra Nuñez-AtahualpaJavier Andrade-GarduñoPublished in: BioMed research international (2015)
Levels of anti-CCP and CRP are associated with increased cIMT and cardiovascular risk supporting a clinical role of the measurement of cIMT in RA in predicting and preventing cardiovascular events.
Keyphrases
- cardiovascular risk factors
- cardiovascular events
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- cardiovascular disease
- disease activity
- rheumatoid arthritis
- coronary artery disease
- metabolic syndrome
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- ankylosing spondylitis
- optical coherence tomography
- type diabetes
- interstitial lung disease
- systemic sclerosis