ArticleClinical rheumatology2011
Microalbuminuria in rheumatoid arthritis in the post penicillamine/gold era: association with hypertension, but not therapy or inflammation.
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- Renal Vascular Involvement Assessed by Intrarenal Resistive Index in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Associations with Structural Joint Damage and Cardiovascular Risk.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Global prevalence of metabolic syndrome in patients with Rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC rheumatology · 2025Article
- Cardiovascular Risk Prediction Parameters for Better Management in Rheumatic Diseases.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Factors contributing to discrepant estimated glomerular filtration values measured by creatinine and cystatin C in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.Scientific reports · 2021Observational
- Albuminuria in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Associations With Rheumatoid Arthritis Characteristics and Subclinical Atherosclerosis.Arthritis care & research · 2017Article
- Prevalence of and factors associated with renal dysfunction in rheumatoid arthritis patients: a cross-sectional study in community hospitals.Clinical rheumatology · 2017Article
- Urinary albumin excretion in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in a large cross-sectional study.Clinical rheumatology · 2016Article
- Urinary Albumin Excretion and Vascular Function in Rheumatoid Arthritis.Journal of Korean medical science · 2016Article
- Cardiovascular comorbidity in rheumatic diseases.Nature reviews. Rheumatology · 2015Review
- Urinary albumin excretion is increased in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and associated with arterial stiffness.The Journal of rheumatology · 2015Article
- Assessment of microalbuminuria for early diagnosis and risk prediction in dengue infections.PloS one · 2013Article
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Abstract
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) associates with excess cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality. New screening tools are needed to better identify patients at increased CV risk. Microalbuminuria (MA) has been shown to associate with inflammation and future cardiovascular disease (CVD). In the present study, we assessed the prevalence of MA in a secondary care cohort of RA patients, aimed to identify factors associated with its presence and addressed its relationship to CVD and the metabolic syndrome (MetS). A total of 342 RA patients were studied. MA was defined as an albumin-creatinine ratio ≥22 (males) or ≥31 (females) milligrams per gram creatinine. The independence of the associations of MA was evaluated using binary logistic regression analysis. Prevalence of MA was 11.9%. Subjects with MA had increased prevalence of hypertension (HT), insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. In binary logistic regression, only HT (OR = 5.22, 95%CI: 1.51-18.07, p = 0.009) was significantly associated with MA. There was no association between prevalent CVD and MA, but patients with MA had twofold increased odds of having the MetS. MA is relatively common in RA patients and is independently associated with the presence of HT. Given the association of MA with MetS, future prospective studies are needed to establish the use of MA as a screening tool for RA patients at increased CVD risk.
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