Relationship of rheumatoid arthritis and coronary artery disease in the Korean population: a nationwide cross-sectional study
Adv Rheumatol
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59: 40, 2019. tab
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ABSTRACT
Abstract Background:
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is known to be associated with coronary artery diseases (CAD). Previous studies of the association between RA and CAD were reported mainly in non-Asian groups. We aimed to examine the prevalence of RA and the relationship between RA and CAD in South Korea.Methods:
We conducted a nationwide cross-sectional study by using the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which collected data for four years between 2008 and 2012. A total of 25,828 eligible participants were included. To balance the distribution of baseline characteristics, we used propensity scorematching. A multivariable logistic regression model was employed and we calculated the odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the odds of the participants with RA on CAD prevalence.Results:
The prevalence of RA in Korea from 2008 to 2012 was 0.6% and RA was predominant among elderly women. The prevalence of CAD in patients with RA was significantly higher than in general population. After propensity score-matching to balance the confounding factors, RA was significantly associated with CAD (OR 2.97, 95% CI 1.15-7.68, P= 0.02).Conclusions:
The prevalence of RA in South Korea was comparable to the worldwide data, and the presence of CAD in RA patients was more than two-fold.
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Arthritis, Rheumatoid
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Coronary Artery Disease
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Adv Rheumatol
Journal subject:
Artrite
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Reumatologia
Year:
2019
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
South Korea
Institution/Affiliation country:
Chung-Ang University/KR
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Korea University/KR
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Sahmyook Medical Center/KR
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