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Estimated 10-year cardiovascular risk in a large Italian cohort of rheumatoid arthritis patients: Data from the Cardiovascular Obesity and Rheumatic DISease (CORDIS) Study Group.
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European journal of internal medicine [Eur J Intern Med] 2022 Feb; Vol. 96, pp. 60-65. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Oct 14. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Background: Several cardiovascular (CV) risk algorithms are available to predict CV events in the general population. However, their performance in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) might differ from the general population. This cross-sectional multicentre study aimed to estimate the 10-year CV risk using two different algorithms in a large RA cohort and in patients with osteoarthritis (OA).<br />Methods: In a consecutive series of RA patients and matched OA controls without prior CV events, clinical and serologic data and traditional CV risk factors were recorded. The 10-year CV risk was assessed with the Systematic COronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE) and the "Progetto Cuore" algorithms.<br />Results: 1,467 RA patients and 342 OA subjects were included. RA patients were more frequently diabetic (9.9% vs 6.4%; p=0.04) and smokers (20.4% vs 12.5%; p=0.002) but had lower prevalence of obesity (15% vs 21%; p=0.003). Dyslipidaemia was more prevalent in OA (32.5% vs 21.7%; p<0.0001). The 10-year estimated CV risk was 1.6% (95%CI 1.3-1.9) in RA and 1.4% (95%CI 1.3-1.6) in OA (p=0.002) according to SCORE and 6.5% (95%CI 6.1-6.9) in RA and 4.4% (95%CI 3.9-5.1) in OA (p<0.001) according to "Progetto Cuore". Regardless of the score used, RA patients had a 3- to-4-fold increased 10-year risk of CV events compared to OA subjects.<br />Conclusion: RA patients have a significantly higher 10-year risk of CV events than OA subjects. In addition to effective disease control and joint damage prevention, specific protective measures targeting modifiable traditional CV risk factors should be implemented in RA.<br /> (Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier B.V.)
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- Cross-Sectional Studies
Heart Disease Risk Factors
Humans
Italy epidemiology
Obesity complications
Obesity epidemiology
Risk Factors
Arthritis, Rheumatoid complications
Arthritis, Rheumatoid drug therapy
Arthritis, Rheumatoid epidemiology
Cardiovascular Diseases epidemiology
Cardiovascular Diseases etiology
Rheumatic Diseases complications
Rheumatic Diseases epidemiology
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1879-0828
- Volume :
- 96
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- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- European journal of internal medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 34657778
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2021.10.001