Risk Factors

Rosuvastatin-Induced Carotid Plaque Regression in Patients With Inflammatory Joint Diseases: The Rosuvastatin in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis and Other Inflammatory Joint Diseases Study
OBJECTIVE: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and carotid artery plaques have an increased risk of acute coronary syndromes. …
S. Rollefstad, E. Ikdahl, J. Hisdal, I. C. Olsen, I. Holme, H. B. Hammer, K. T. Smerud, G. D. Kitas, T. R. Pedersen, T. K. Kvien, A. G. Semb
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Disease activity in ankylosing spondylitis and associations to markers of vascular pathology and traditional cardiovascular disease risk factors: a cross-sectional study
OBJECTIVE: To compare the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and population controls, and to examine …
Inger Jorid Berg, Désirée van der Heijde, Hanne Dagfinrud, Ingebjørg Seljeflot, Inge Christoffer Olsen, Tore K. Kvien, Anne Grete Semb, Sella A. Provan
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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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EULAR task force recommendations on annual cardiovascular risk assessment for patients with rheumatoid arthritis: an audit of the success of implementation in a rheumatology outpatient clinic
OBJECTIVE: EULAR recommendations for cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk management include annual CVD risk assessments for patients with …
Eirik Ikdahl, Silvia Rollefstad, Inge C. Olsen, Tore K. Kvien, Inger Johanne Widding Hansen, Dag Magnar Soldal, Glenn Haugeberg, Anne Grete Semb
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Uveitis is associated with hypertension and atherosclerosis in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a cross-sectional study
OBJECTIVES: Uveitis is the most common extra-articular manifestation in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), but the literature …
Inger Jorid Berg, Anne Grete Semb, Désirée van der Heijde, Tore K. Kvien, Jonny Hisdal, Inge C. Olsen, Hanne Dagfinrud, Sella A. Provan
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Carotid plaque characteristics and disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis
OBJECTIVE: Carotid plaques (CP) are predictive of acute coronary syndrome in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), suggesting that …
Anne G. Semb, Silvia Rollefstad, Sella A. Provan, Tore K. Kvien, Einar Stranden, Inge C. Olsen, Jonny Hisdal
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