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Table 2 Risk factors for CVD and ILD in the general population and specific to rheumatoid arthritis

From: Clinical prediction models of rheumatoid arthritis and its complications: focus on cardiovascular disease and interstitial lung disease

Disease

General population

RA

CVD

Age, sex, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes mellitus, alcohol consumption, smoking, obesity

ESR, CRP, RF, ACPA, RA duration, RA disease activity

ILD

Age, smoking, male, certain occupational, environmental exposures

RF, ACPA, RA duration, RA disease activity, radiographic joint damage

  1. Abbreviations: ACPA anti-citrullinated protein antibodies, CRP C-reactive protein, CVD cardiovascular disease, ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, ILD interstitial lung disease, RA rheumatoid arthritis, RF rheumatoid factor
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Arthritis Research & Therapy

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