Recent studies have advanced knowledge of RA-specific risk factors for BMD loss and
fractures. Future studies applying these findings to modify established fracture risk …

People with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have both disease-specific risk factors for osteoporosis
and fractures in addition to those that affect the general population. Disease specific risks …

Objective To assess the prevalence of frailty in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and its association
with baseline and longitudinal disease activity, all-cause mortality and hospitalisation …

Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune systemic disease that
preferentially affects small and large joints with a progressive course and can become …

Objectives To investigate the clinical and psychosocial backgrounds of frailty in rheumatoid
arthritis (RA) patients. Methods Patients with RA between 40 and 79 years of age who …

Sarcopenia is underrecognized in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Risk factors of
sarcopenia and its impact on outcomes in RA patients are relatively unknown. We …

Frailty represents a dynamic multisystem state of reduced physiological reserve that
increases vulnerability to adverse health outcomes. Frailty occurs prematurely in adults with …

Objectives Frailty in the general population is associated with poor health outcomes
including low bone mass and osteoporotic fracture. The relationship between frailty and low …

This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of, and the factors associated with, frailty in
Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Patients with RA enrolled in the Institute of …

Osteoporosis is one of the major adverse outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
(RA). Recently, we and others have been reported many clinical observations related to …