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Keywords: Adolescent; Adult; AIx; arterial stiffness; Arteries - physiopathology; Arteriosclerosis; Arthritis, Rheumatoid - physiopathology; augmentation index; Biological and medical sciences; Blood pressure; Blood Pressure - physiology; Blood Pressure Determination - methods; C reactive protein; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular diseases; cardiovascular risk; Cohort Studies; Complications and side effects; CRP; DAS; Diastole - physiology; diastolic pressure-time integral; disease activity score; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; DPTI; Elasticity; erythrocyte sedimentation rate; ESR; Extended Report; Female; Glucose; Humans; Inflammation; Inflammatory joint diseases; left ventricular; Male; Measurement; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Mortality; Patients; Physiological aspects; Pilot Projects; Pulsatile Flow - physiology; pulse wave analysis; pulse wave velocity; PWA; PWV; Rheumatoid arthritis; SPTI; Statistical analysis; Systole - physiology; systolic pressure-time integral; time of return of the reflected wave; VAS; Veins & arteries; visual analogue scale; Human; Immunopathology; Pathophysiology; Mortality; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Cardiovascular disease; Autoimmune disease; Inflammatory joint disease; Epidemiology; Artery; Morbidity; Vascular disease; Tonometer; Chronic; Correlation analysis; Heart disease; Rheumatoid arthritis; Atherosclerosis; Risk factor; Stiffness; Pressure measurement; Quantitative analysis