Research article
Rheumatoid cachexia is associated with dyslipidemia and low levels of atheroprotective natural antibodies against phosphorylcholine but not with dietary fat in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study
1 Karolinska Institute at the Department of Rheumatology, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
2 The National Institute of Environmental Medicine, Division of Nutritional Epidemiology, Karolinska Institute, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
3 Karolinska Institute at the Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
4 Department of Public Health and Caring Science/Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, Uppsala University, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
Arthritis Research & Therapy 2009, 11:R37 doi:10.1186/ar2643
See related editorial by Roubenoff, http://arthritis-research.com/content/11/2/108
Published: 10 March 2009Additional files
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A table in Word format listing blood lipids, inflammatory marker, hypertension and metabolic syndrome in relation to different categories of body composition.
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