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Metabolic Syndrome: A Predisposing Factor for Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Miguel Angel González-GaySantos CastañedaIván Ferraz-Amaro
Published in: The Journal of rheumatology (2024)
The term metabolic syndrome ( MetS ) encompasses a cluster of risk factors such as central obesity, high blood pressure, impaired fasting glucose, high triglycerides, and low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), all of which are specific to cardiovascular (CV) disease. 1 MetS is frequently observed in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). 2,3 In this regard, MetS abnormalities increase the risk of CV disease in these patients. 4,5 .
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