Comorbidity burden and clinical characteristics of patients with difficult-to-control rheumatoid arthritis.
Bogdan BatkoKarol UrbańskiJerzy ŚwierkotPiotr WilandFilip RaciborskiMariusz JędrzejewskiMateusz KoziejMarta Cześnikiewicz-GuzikTomasz J GuzikMarcin StajszczykPublished in: Clinical rheumatology (2019)
RA patients suffer from a variety of comorbidities. Cardiovascular and respiratory system diseases occur twice as often in difficult-to-control patients. RDCI may provide a valuable tool in evaluating a risk for difficult-to-control RA. Key Points • Hypertension, coronary artery disease and diabetes are the most prevalent comorbidities in rheumatoid arthritis. • Cardiovascular and respiratory tract diseases as well as gastroduodenal ulcers are more common among difficult-to-control patients, when compared with subjects with adequately controlled RA. • Rheumatic Diseases Comorbidity Index is an independent predictor for difficult-to-control RA.
Keyphrases
- rheumatoid arthritis
- end stage renal disease
- coronary artery disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- disease activity
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- cardiovascular disease
- ankylosing spondylitis
- adipose tissue
- metabolic syndrome
- interstitial lung disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- systemic sclerosis
- insulin resistance
- skeletal muscle
- patient reported