Rheumatoid Arthritis

Predictive Value of Arterial Stiffness and Subclinical Carotid Atherosclerosis for Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the predictive value of these vascular biomarkers for cardiovascular disease (CVD) events in patients with …
Eirik Ikdahl, Silvia Rollefstad, Grunde Wibetoe, Inge C. Olsen, Inger Jorid Berg, Jonny Hisdal, Till Uhlig, Glenn Haugeberg, Tore K. Kvien, Sella A. Provan, Anne Grete Semb
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First step in the development of an ultrasound joint inflammation score for rheumatoid arthritis using a data-driven approach
OBJECTIVES: To develop and validate candidate sets of joints and tendons for assessment of ultrasound (US) joint inflammation in …
Anna-Birgitte Aga, Hilde Berner Hammer, Inge Christoffer Olsen, Till Uhlig, Tore K. Kvien, Désirée van der Heijde, Hallvard Fremstad, Tor Magne Madland, Åse Stavland Lexberg, Hilde Haukeland, Erik Rødevand, Christian Høili, Hilde Stray, Anne Noraas Bendvold, Dag Magnar Soldal, Gunnstein Bakland, Elisabeth Lie, Espen A. Haavardsholm
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Achievement of Remission and Low Disease Activity Definitions in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Clinical Practice: Results from the NOR-DMARD Study
OBJECTIVE: To examine the frequency of 6 definitions for remission and 4 definitions for low disease activity (LDA) after starting a …
Till Uhlig, Elisabeth Lie, Vibeke Norvang, Åse Stavland Lexberg, Erik Rødevand, Frode Krøll, Synøve Kalstad, Inge C. Olsen, Tore K. Kvien
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Genetic risk scores and number of autoantibodies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
OBJECTIVE: Certain HLA-DRB1 alleles and single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Our …
Marthe T. Maehlen, Inge C. Olsen, Bettina K. Andreassen, Marte K. Viken, Xia Jiang, Lars Alfredsson, Henrik Källberg, Boel Brynedal, Fina Kurreeman, Nina Daha, Rene Toes, Alexandra Zhernakova, Javier Gutierrez-Achury, Paul I. W. de Bakker, Javier Martin, María Teruel, Miguel A. Gonzalez-Gay, Luis Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Alejandro Balsa, Till Uhlig, Tore K. Kvien, Benedicte A. Lie
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Disease activity and left ventricular structure in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
OBJECTIVE: Increased left ventricular (LV) wall thickness/internal diameter ratio (relative wall thickness) was recently reported in RA …
Helga Midtbø, Eva Gerdts, Tore K. Kvien, Inge C. Olsen, Asle Hirth, Einar Skulstad Davidsen, 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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Health status has improved more in women than in men with rheumatoid arthritis from 1994 to 2009: results from the Oslo rheumatoid arthritis register
OBJECTIVE: To examine changes in patient reported outcome measures (PROs) over 15 years in a representative population of patients with …
C. Austad, T. K. Kvien, I. C. Olsen, T. Uhlig
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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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