Blood Pressure Trends in Patients With Seropositive Rheumatoid Arthritis Compared With Controls Without Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
Peter BoersmaMatthew K McElweeHiba HashmiPamela SchreinerRyan T DemmerAnna ShmagelPublished in: ACR open rheumatology (2019)
BP was similarly controlled in patients with seropositive RA and patients without RA. However, diastolic BP in patients with RA was trending up in most recent years. Patients with RA were also more likely to smoke compared with controls and were less likely to have serum lipid measurements.
Keyphrases
- rheumatoid arthritis
- disease activity
- blood pressure
- ankylosing spondylitis
- ejection fraction
- interstitial lung disease
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- patient reported outcomes
- heart rate
- metabolic syndrome
- hypertensive patients
- fatty acid
- blood glucose
- insulin resistance