Metabolic Syndrome: A Predisposing Factor for Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Miguel Angel González-GaySantos CastañedaIván Ferraz-AmaroPublished 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 .
Keyphrases
- metabolic syndrome
- rheumatoid arthritis
- insulin resistance
- blood pressure
- risk factors
- blood glucose
- end stage renal disease
- type diabetes
- prognostic factors
- uric acid
- weight loss
- adipose tissue
- cardiovascular risk factors
- interstitial lung disease
- skeletal muscle
- ankylosing spondylitis
- body mass index
- systemic sclerosis
- high fat diet induced
- patient reported outcomes
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- patient reported