HDL cholesterol efflux capacity is related to disease activity in psoriatic arthritis patients.
Iván Ferraz-AmaroMaría Vanesa Hernández-HernándezEstefanía Armas-GonzálezHiurma Sánchez-PérezJosé David MachadoFederico Díaz-GonzálezPublished in: Clinical rheumatology (2020)
CEC is inversely associated with disease activity in PSA patients, reinforcing the role of disease activity as a key factor in the development of accelerated atherosclerosis in these patients.Key Points• Cholesterol efflux capacity is linked to cardiovascular events in the general population.• In patients with psoriatic arthritis, cholesterol efflux capacity is inversely associated with disease activity (beta coefficient - 0.75[95% CI - 1.39-- 0.11] %, p = 0.023).• This finding reinforces the role of disease activity as a key factor in increasing cardiovascular risk in psoriatic arthritis patients.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- end stage renal disease
- ankylosing spondylitis
- newly diagnosed
- cardiovascular events
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- cardiovascular disease
- coronary artery disease
- magnetic resonance imaging
- computed tomography
- magnetic resonance
- patient reported outcomes
- radical prostatectomy
- diffusion weighted imaging