The relationship of serum visfatin levels with clinical parameters, flow-mediated dilation, and carotid intima-media thickness in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Rabia Aydoğan Baykara Adem Küçük Ayça Tuzcu Göksel Tuzcu Erkan Cüre Ali Uğur Uslu Ahmet Omma

Published in: Turkish journal of medical sciences (2021)

Visfatin levels are increased and associated with impaired FMD and increased cIMT in patients with AS. Increased visfatin levels may be associated with subclinical atherosclerosis in AS.

Keyphrases

ankylosing spondylitis
rheumatoid arthritis
disease activity
type diabetes
optical coherence tomography
metabolic syndrome
systemic lupus erythematosus
cardiovascular risk factors