Body composition in rheumatoid arthritis.

R Westhovens, J Nijs, V Taelman… - … journal of rheumatology, 1997 - academic.oup.com
… ) at different body sites in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) … body composition measurements as
lean body mass (LBM) and per cent fat as possible prognostic factors in RA. Body composition

Early rheumatoid arthritis and body composition

C Book, MK Karlsson, K Åkesson… - Rheumatology, 2009 - academic.oup.com
… Possible predictors for CVD are early changes in body composition. We therefore
evaluated whether lean mass of arms and legs (LMAL), total body fat mass (BFM) or truncal fat …

Body composition in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a narrative literature review

JG Letarouilly, RM Flipo, B Cortet… - Therapeutic …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
… in the alterations in body composition (BC) that accompany rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The …
in RA patients, (ii) describe alterations in body composition in RA patients and (iii) evaluate the …

Association between body composition and inflammatory activity in rheumatoid arthritis. A systematic review

J Alvarez-Nemegyei, FA Buenfil-Rello… - … Clínica (English Edition), 2016 - Elsevier
Background Reports regarding the association between body composition and inflammatory
activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have consistently yielded contradictory results. Objective …

[HTML][HTML] Association of body composition with disease activity and disability in rheumatoid arthritis

KM Son, SH Kang, YI Seo, HA Kim - The Korean journal of internal …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… have significant differences in BMI and body composition compared with Asians. Moreover,
… for body composition. To our knowledge, the relationship between BMI or body composition

[HTML][HTML] Body composition in patients with rheumatoid arthritis is not different than healthy subjects

S Akar, İ Sarı, A Çömlekci, M Birlik, F Önen… - … of Rheumatology, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… A change in body composition in RA has been described previously. … not body mass index
(BMI)-matched controls were used. The aim of this study was to evaluate body composition in …

Abnormal body composition phenotypes in older rheumatoid arthritis patients: association with disease characteristics and pharmacotherapies

JT Giles, SM Ling, L Ferrucci, SJ Bartlett… - … of Rheumatology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
… were compared between RA and control subjects by sex and according to categories of body
… with healthy body composition versus those with abnormal body composition phenotypes. …

Association of body composition with disability in rheumatoid arthritis: impact of appendicular fat and lean tissue mass

JT Giles, SJ Bartlett, RE Andersen… - … of Rheumatology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
body composition is potentially modifiable, and interventions promoting healthy body
composition … In the present study of patients with RA, we explored whether body composition was …

Changes in body composition after 2 years with rheumatoid arthritis

C Book, MK Karlsson, JÅ Nilsson… - … of rheumatology, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
… To evaluate differences between patients and controls concerning smoking and postmeno-
pausal status, we used ANOVA with body composition as the dependent variable adjusted …

Body composition of rheumatoid arthritis patients in the City of Cape Town, South Africa

LA Lombard, LM Du Plessis, J Visser - Clinical rheumatology, 2014 - Springer
… Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) tend to have a poor nutritional status. This study aimed
to gather information on body composition in patients with RA in private and public health …