The risk of cardiovascular disease is increased in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
compared with the general population owing to the influence of traditional and non …

Document Reviewers: Luis Alcocer (Mexico), Christina Antza (Greece), Mustafa Arici
(Turkey), Eduardo Barbosa (Brazil), Adel Berbari (Lebanon), Luıs Bronze (Portugal), John …

Objective The disease burden in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) extends beyond the joint. This
article evaluates the physical and psychosocial extra-articular burden of treated RA and …

Objective This study was undertaken to assess the predictive ability of 4 established
cardiovascular (CV) risk models for the 10-year risk of fatal and non-fatal CV diseases in …

Objective To score systemic activity at diagnosis and correlate baseline activity with survival
in a large cohort of patients with primary Sjögren syndrome (SS). Patients and methods We …

Document Reviewers: Luis Alcocer (Mexico), Christina Antza (Greece), Mustafa Arici
(Turkey), Eduardo Barbosa (Brazil), Adel Berbari (Lebanon), Luıs Bronze (Portugal), John …

Objective Disease duration and disease activity may be associated with an increased risk of
cardiovascular disease (CVD) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The objectives of this study were …

Several comorbidities are frequently observed in rheumatoid arthritis because of the
persistent activity of the disease and/or because of the administered antirheumatic …

Objectives Predictive performance of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk calculators appears
suboptimal in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A disease-specific CVD risk algorithm may improve …

Autoimmune rheumatic diseases (AIRDs) with unknown etiology are increasing in incidence
and prevalence. Up to 5% of the population is affected. AIRDs include rheumatoid arthritis …