Longitudinal Studies

Calcium supplementation and inflammation increase mortality in rheumatoid arthritis: A 15-year cohort study in 609 patients from the Oslo Rheumatoid Arthritis Register
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether osteoporosis or use of calcium supplementations predict all-cause mortality, or death from CVD, in a …
Sella A. Provan, Inge C. Olsen, Cathrine Austad, Glenn Haugeberg, Tore K. Kvien, Till Uhlig
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Involvement of the multidisciplinary team and outcomes in inpatient rehabilitation among patients with inflammatory rheumatic disease
BACKGROUND: The last decades have for patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases seen a shift towards more physically active …
Till Uhlig, Olav Bjørneboe, Frode Krøll, Øyvind Palm, Inge Christoffer Olsen, Margreth Grotle
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Rosuvastatin improves endothelial function in patients with inflammatory joint diseases, longitudinal associations with atherosclerosis and arteriosclerosis: results from the RORA-AS statin intervention study
INTRODUCTION: Endothelial dysfunction is an early step in the atherosclerotic process and can be quantified by flow-mediated …
Eirik Ikdahl, Jonny Hisdal, Silvia Rollefstad, Inge C. Olsen, Tore K. Kvien, Terje R. Pedersen, Anne Grete Semb
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Time trends in disease activity, response and remission rates in rheumatoid arthritis during the past decade: results from the NOR-DMARD study 2000-2010
OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether baseline disease activity levels and responses in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) changed …
Anna-Birgitte Aga, Elisabeth Lie, Till Uhlig, Inge Christoffer Olsen, Ada Wierød, Synøve Kalstad, Erik Rødevand, Knut Mikkelsen, Tore K. Kvien, Espen A. Haavardsholm
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Determining a magnetic resonance imaging inflammatory activity acceptable state without subsequent radiographic progression in rheumatoid arthritis: results from a followup MRI study of 254 patients in clinical remission or low disease activity
OBJECTIVE: To assess the predictive value of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-detected subclinical inflammation for subsequent …
Frédérique Gandjbakhch, Espen A. Haavardsholm, Philip G. Conaghan, Bo Ejbjerg, Violaine Foltz, Andrew K. Brown, Uffe Møller Døhn, Marissa Lassere, Jane E. Freeston, Inge Christoffer Olsen, Pernille Bøyesen, Paul Bird, Bruno Fautrel, Merete Lund Hetland, Paul Emery, Pierre Bourgeois, Kim Hørslev-Petersen, Tore K. Kvien, Fiona M. McQueen, Mikkel Østergaard
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Associations between APOE genotypes and disease susceptibility, joint damage and lipid levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
OBJECTIVE: Apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotypes are associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and lipid levels. In rheumatoid arthritis …
Marthe T. Maehlen, Sella A. Provan, Diederik P. C. de Rooy, Annette H. M. van der Helm-van Mil, Annemarie Krabben, Tore Saxne, Elisabet Lindqvist, Anne Grete Semb, Till Uhlig, Désirée van der Heijde, Inger Lise Mero, Inge C. Olsen, Tore K. Kvien, Benedicte A. Lie
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