Exploring metabolic and inflammatory abnormalities in rheumatoid arthritis patients developing stroke disease: a case-control study using electronic medical record data in northern China

• Published in: Clinical rheumatology Vol. 38; no. 5; pp. 1401 - 1411
• Main Authors: Xin, Fangran, Fu, Lingyu, Liu, Haina, Xu, Yunwei, Wei, Tingting, Chen, Meng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Springer London 01.05.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Arthritis, Rheumatoid - blood; Arthritis, Rheumatoid - complications; Biomarkers - blood; Blood Sedimentation; Brain Ischemia - blood; Brain Ischemia - complications; C-Reactive Protein - analysis; China; Dyslipidemia; Dyslipidemias - blood; Dyslipidemias - complications; Electronic Health Records; Electronic medical records; Female; Humans; Inflammation; Inflammation - blood; Inflammation - complications; Lipids; Lipids - blood; Logistic Models; Low density lipoprotein; Male; Medical records; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Metabolic disorders; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Nonlinear systems; Original Article; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatology; Risk Factors; Serum lipids; Stroke; Stroke - blood; Stroke - complications; China; Inflammatory marker; Serum lipids; Stroke; Rheumatoid arthritis; Dyslipidemia

Objectives Intend to investigate the roles of serum lipids, inflammatory markers, and serological status in rheumatoid arthritis and stroke patients by using case-control study. Materials and methods Clinical data were retrieved from the electronic medical record of the First Affiliated Hospital of...