Arthritis Research & Therapy

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Atherogenic lipid profile is a feature characteristic of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: effect of early treatment – a prospective, controlled study

Athanasios N Georgiadis, Eleni C Papavasiliou, Evangelia S Lourida, Yannis Alamanos, Christina Kostara, Alexandros D Tselepis and Alexandros A Drosos*

Arthritis Research & Therapy 2006, 8:R82 doi:10.1186/ar1952

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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

Ann-Charlotte Elkan, Niclas Håkansson, Johan Frostegård, Tommy Cederholm, Ingiäld Hafström Arthritis Research & Therapy 2009, 11:R37 (10 March 2009)

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Lack of association between glucocorticoid use and presence of the metabolic syndrome in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study

Tracey E Toms, Vasileios F Panoulas, Karen MJ Douglas, Helen R Griffiths, George D Kitas Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008, 10:R145 (17 December 2008)

Long term exposure to glucocorticoids does not appear to be associated with a higher prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, finds a cross-sectional study.

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Altered lipoprotein metabolism in chronic inflammatory states: proinflammatory high-density lipoprotein and accelerated atherosclerosis in systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis

Bevra H Hahn, Jennifer Grossman, Benjamin J Ansell, Brian J Skaggs, Maureen McMahon Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008, 10:213 (29 August 2008)

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Gluten-free vegan diet induces decreased LDL and oxidized LDL levels and raised atheroprotective natural antibodies against phosphorylcholine in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a randomized study

Ann-Charlotte Elkan, Beatrice Sjöberg, Björn Kolsrud, Bo Ringertz, Ingiäld Hafström, Johan Frostegård Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008, 10:R34 (18 March 2008)

A gluten-free vegan diet induces potentially atheroprotective and anti-inflammatory changes in rheumatoid arthritis patients, including reduced low density lipoprotein (LDL) and oxidated LDL levels and raised natural antibodies against phosphorylcholine.

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Cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: results from the QUEST-RA study

Antonio Naranjo, Tuulikki Sokka, Miguel A Descalzo, Jaime Calvo-Alén, Kim Hørslev-Petersen, Reijo K Luukkainen, Bernard Combe, Gerd R Burmester, Joe Devlin, Gianfranco Ferraccioli, Alessia Morelli, Monique Hoekstra, Maria Majdan, Stefan Sadkiewicz, Miguel Belmonte, Ann-Carin Holmqvist, Ernest Choy, Recep Tunc, Aleksander Dimic, Martin Bergman, Sergio Toloza, Theodore Pincus, Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008, 10:R30 (6 March 2008)

Treating rheumatoid arthritis with disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs, such as methotrexate, reduces the risk of heart attacks and strokes, data from a study of 4,363 patients across 15 countries shows.

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Patients with early rheumatoid arthritis exhibit elevated autoantibody titers against mildly oxidized low-density lipoprotein and exhibit decreased activity of the lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2

Evangelia S Lourida, Athanasios N Georgiadis, Eleni C Papavasiliou, Athanasios I Papathanasiou, Alexandros A Drosos, Alexandros D Tselepis Arthritis Research & Therapy 2007, 9:R19 (27 February 2007)