Aerobic capacity is associated with disease activity and cardiovascular risk factors in early rheumatoid arthritis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to investigate aerobic capacity and its associations with disease activity and risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in early rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Methods

This cross-sectional study included 67 patients with early RA. Aerobic capacity was estimated with the Åstrand submaximal test adjusted according to the Nord-Tröndelag Health Study formula. The following were also assessed: subclinical atherosclerosis by carotid intima-media thickness and pulse wave analysis; body composition by dual X-ray absorptiometry; estimated CVD mortality risk by the Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation; disease activity by the Disease Activity Score 28, C-reactive protein and erythrocyte sedimentation rate; blood lipids by total cholesterol, low-den

SUBMITTER: Angstrom L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7378948 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature