Cardiovascular disease (CV) is the most common cause of premature mortality in patients
with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This is the result of an accelerated atherosclerotic process …

Obesity is a major threat for public health and its study has attracted significant attention in
the general population, predominantly due to its association with significant metabolic and …

Introduction The advent of anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha (anti-TNFα) drugs has
considerably improved medical management in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, although …

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a chronic inflammatory disease that affects approximately 1% of
the general population, is associated with increased mortality and reduced life expectancy …

Autoimmune diseases (AD) represent a broad spectrum of chronic conditions that may afflict
specific target organs or multiple systems with a significant burden on quality of life. These …

Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), a chronic systemic inflammatory disease which affects
approximately 1% of the population, is classically characterized by inflammation and …

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The inflammatory pathogenesis of atherosclerosis is now well-established, owing to in vitro
and in vivo studies and the application of high sensitivity assays for C-reactive protein (CRP) …

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are group of complex and multifactorial pathologies, in
which interleukin-6 (IL-6) gene polymorphisms have been associated with several …

Objectives Smoking is a major risk factor for the development of both cardiovascular disease
(CVD) and RA and may cause attenuated responses to anti-rheumatic treatments. Our aim …