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Evaluating the Longitudinal Association of Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity With Phenotypic Frailty: Evidence for Secondary Frailty?
Arthritis care & research - 1 Mar 2026
Brubeck Hannah F, Riggles Kylie E, Bass Riley S, Wahl Elizabeth R, Mount George, Shoback Dolores M, Andrews James S, Garcia Jose M, Orkaby Ariela R, Baker Joshua F, Katz Patricia P, Wysham Katherine D, Loecker Courtney N
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OBJECTIVE: The cross-sectional association between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity and frailty has been described; however, the longitudinal relationship is less well understood. We evaluated the association between disease activity and frailty over time. METHODS: We used a longitudinal RA cohort established at the Department of Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System. RA disease activity...
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