Prediction of cardiovascular events in rheumatoid arthritis using risk age calculations: evaluation of concordance across risk age models

Prediction of cardiovascular events in rheumatoid arthritis using risk age calculations: evaluation of concordance across risk age models

Abstract Background In younger individuals, low absolute risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) may conceal an increased risk age and relative risk of CVD. Calculation of risk age is proposed as an adjuvant to absolute CVD risk estimation in European guidelines. We aimed to compare the discriminative...

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Main Authors: Grunde Wibetoe, Joseph Sexton, Eirik Ikdahl, Silvia Rollefstad, George D. Kitas, Piet van Riel, Sherine Gabriel, Tore K. Kvien, Karen Douglas, Aamer Sandoo, Elke E. Arts, Solveig Wållberg-Jonsson, Solbritt Rantapää Dahlqvist, George Karpouzas, Patrick H. Dessein, Linda Tsang, Hani El-Gabalawy, Carol A. Hitchon, Virginia Pascual-Ramos, Irazu Contreas-Yañes, Petros P. Sfikakis, Miguel A. González-Gay, Iris J. Colunga-Pedraz, Dionicio A. Galarza-Delgado, Jose Ramon Azpiri-Lopez, Cynthia S. Crowson, Anne Grete Semb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-04-01
Series:Arthritis Research & Therapy
Subjects:
Cardiovascular risk age
Vascular age
Cardiovascular disease
Risk factors
Rheumatoid arthritis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13075-020-02178-z

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