Body Mass Index and Disease Activity in Chronic Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases: Results of the Cardiovascular in Rheumatology (Carma) Project.
Jesús A Valero-JaimesRuth López-GonzálezMaría A Martín-MartínezCarmen García-GómezFernando Sánchez-AlonsoJesús T Sánchez-CostaCarlos González-JuanateyEva Revuelta-EvradCésar Díaz-TornéCruz Fernández-EsparteroCarolina Pérez-GarcíaVicenç Torrente-SegarraGinés Sánchez-NievasTrinidad Pérez-SandovalPilar Font-UgaldeMaría L García-VivarElena AurrecoecheaOlga Maiz-AlonsoRamón Valls-GarcíaJosé A Miranda-FilloyJavier LlorcaSantos CastañedaMiguel Angel González-GayPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2021)
BMI is associated with disease activity in RA and PsA, but not in AS. Given that obesity is a potentially modifiable factor, adequate control of body weight can improve the outcome of patients with CIRD and, therefore, weight control should be included in the management strategy of these patients.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- body weight
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- ankylosing spondylitis
- weight gain
- weight loss
- end stage renal disease
- prostate cancer
- body mass index
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- type diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- oxidative stress
- quality improvement
- physical activity
- adipose tissue
- skeletal muscle
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- high fat diet induced