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Atherogenic lipoprotein phenotype and LDL size and subclasses in drug-naïve patients with early rheumatoid arthritis.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Dec 2009
Rizzo Manfredi, Spinas Giatgen A, Cesur Mustafa, Ozbalkan Zeynep, Rini Giovam Battista, Berneis Kaspar
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Subjects with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have increased cardiovascular risk and may show atherogenic forms of dyslipidemia. The present study investigated whether patients with early RA, beyond alterations in plasma lipids, also show lower LDL size and altered LDL subclass distribution. DESIGN AND METHODS: We identified 25 subjects with RA (47+/-8 years, body mass index (BMI) 25+/-4kg/m(2)) by the...
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