Cardiovascular morbidity and associated risk factors in Spanish patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases attending rheumatology clinics: Baseline data of the CARMA Project

• Published in: Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism Vol. 44; no. 6; pp. 618 - 626
• Main Authors: Castañeda, Santos, Martín-Martínez, María A., González-Juanatey, Carlos, Llorca, Javier, García-Yébenes, María J., Pérez-Vicente, Sabina, Sánchez-Costa, Jesús T., Díaz-Gonzalez, Federico, González-Gay, Miguel A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.06.2015
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Ankylosing spondylitis; Arthritis, Psoriatic - epidemiology; Arthritis, Rheumatoid - epidemiology; Body Mass Index; Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology; Cardiovascular morbidity; Cardiovascular risk; Case-Control Studies; Cohort Studies; Female; Humans; Male; Metabolic Syndrome - epidemiology; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Obesity - epidemiology; Prevalence; Prospective Studies; Psoriatic arthritis; Rheumatic Diseases - epidemiology; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatology; Risk Factors; Smoking - epidemiology; Spain - epidemiology; Spondylitis, Ankylosing - epidemiology; Time Factors; Rheumatoid arthritis; Cardiovascular morbidity; Ankylosing spondylitis; Cardiovascular risk; Psoriatic arthritis

To establish the cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and associated risk factors for CV disease (CVD) in Spanish patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases (CIRD) and unexposed individuals attending rheumatology clinics. Analysis of data from the baseline visit of a 10-year prospective study [C...