Identification of a 3′‐Untranslated Genetic Variant of RARB Associated With Carotid Intima‐Media Thickness in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Genome‐Wide Association Study

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Objective To investigate the genetic background influencing the development of cardiovascular (CV) disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods We performed a genome‐wide association study (GWAS) in which, after quality control and imputation, a total of 6,308,944 polymorphisms across the whole genome were analyzed in 2,989 RA patients of European origin. Data on subclinical atherosclerosis,...

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