scholarly journals Abdominal obesity, gender and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis – a nested case–control study

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lotta Ljung ◽  
Solbritt Rantapää-Dahlqvist
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Abdominal Obesity ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Nested Case Control ◽  
Control Study

scholarly journals Risk Factors for the Rapid Increase in Risk of Acute Coronary Events in Patients With New-Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Nested Case-Control Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 67 (11) ◽  
pp. 2845-2854 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ängla Mantel ◽  
Marie Holmqvist ◽  
Fredrik Nyberg ◽  
Göran Tornling ◽  
Thomas Frisell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Coronary Events ◽  
Nested Case Control ◽  
Control Study ◽  
Increase In Risk ◽  
New Onset

scholarly journals Patients with rheumatoid arthritis with moderate or high disease activity benefit from multidisciplinary rehabilitation: a nested case-control study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Bernardo Matos da Cunha ◽  
Bruno Silva de Araújo Ferreira ◽  
Camila Sodré Mendes Barros ◽  
Jesiniana Rodrigues Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Disease Activity ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Health Assessment ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Rehabilitation Program ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Hoc ◽  
Nested Case Control ◽  
Control Study

AbstractBackgroundrheumatologists recognize the importance of rehabilitation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but they are not confident if patients with significant disease activity would benefit from it. Objective: To verify if rheumatoid arthritis patients with moderate to severe inflammatory activity (MHA) improve functional capacity (FC) after a comprehensive rehabilitation program.MethodsNested case-control study. RA patients who completed a rehabilitation program between June 2014 and December 2017 were included. The interventions were prescribed according to the rehabilitation team’s discretion. FC was assessed with Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ) and compared between before and after interventions. The group which improved at least 50% in CDAI was compared to the group which achieved <50%.ResultsWe included 46 patients with complete HAQ and baseline CDAI data, with a mean age of 53.6 years and a mean disease duration of 11.8 years. HAQ and CDAI improved on average 0.481 (± 0.500) and 14.2 (± 16.7), respectively. Patients who improved CDAI tended to have a greater mean HAQ difference (0.6 vs. 0.3; p = 0.058). Conversely, patients who did not improve disease activity had a HAQ reduction of 0.3 (± 0.4). Post-hoc analysis was performed on the group of 9 patients with baseline CDAI ≤10. A mean baseline CDAI of 5.2 and a mean HAQ difference of 0.319 (0.079; 0.56; p = 0.016) were found.ConclusionsAfter rehabilitation, RA patients with sustained MHA improved FC similarly to patients with baseline mild activity or remission. Thus, patients with RA and MHA may benefit from rehabilitation concurrently with drug treatment. This study suggests that the range of improvement in FC with rehabilitation appears to have an additive effect to the drug therapy.

scholarly journals Cardiovascular, rheumatologic, and pharmacologic predictors of stroke in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A nested, case-control study

2008 ◽  
Vol 59 (8) ◽  
pp. 1090-1096 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zurab Nadareishvili ◽  
Kaleb Michaud ◽  
John M. Hallenbeck ◽  
Frederick Wolfe
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Nested Case Control ◽  
Control Study
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