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The Correlation between Cigarette Smoking and Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Eight-Year, Prospective, Clinical, Observational, Cohort Study
2023-09-21
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<h4>Background: </h4> Cardiovascular disease (CVD) increases the risk of mortality and morbidity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Patients with RA have a 50-60% increased risk for CVD compared with the general population. Cardiovascular risk is commonly meas-ured using the Systemic Coronary Risk Estimation 2 calculator modified for patients with RA. Traditional modifiable risk factors for CVD include ar...
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- bc03e4bd-1f35-5042-a8e0-0d97ea6aed22
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- 10.20944/preprints202309.1478.v1
