Arthritis

Rosuvastatin-Induced Carotid Plaque Regression in Patients With Inflammatory Joint Diseases: The Rosuvastatin in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis and Other Inflammatory Joint Diseases Study
OBJECTIVE: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and carotid artery plaques have an increased risk of acute coronary syndromes. …
S. Rollefstad, E. Ikdahl, J. Hisdal, I. C. Olsen, I. Holme, H. B. Hammer, K. T. Smerud, G. D. Kitas, T. R. Pedersen, T. K. Kvien, A. G. Semb
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Genetic risk scores and number of autoantibodies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
OBJECTIVE: Certain HLA-DRB1 alleles and single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Our …
Marthe T. Maehlen, Inge C. Olsen, Bettina K. Andreassen, Marte K. Viken, Xia Jiang, Lars Alfredsson, Henrik Källberg, Boel Brynedal, Fina Kurreeman, Nina Daha, Rene Toes, Alexandra Zhernakova, Javier Gutierrez-Achury, Paul I. W. de Bakker, Javier Martin, María Teruel, Miguel A. Gonzalez-Gay, Luis Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Alejandro Balsa, Till Uhlig, Tore K. Kvien, Benedicte A. Lie
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Disease activity and left ventricular structure in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
OBJECTIVE: Increased left ventricular (LV) wall thickness/internal diameter ratio (relative wall thickness) was recently reported in RA …
Helga Midtbø, Eva Gerdts, Tore K. Kvien, Inge C. Olsen, Asle Hirth, Einar Skulstad Davidsen, Anne Grete Semb
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Time trends in disease activity, response and remission rates in rheumatoid arthritis during the past decade: results from the NOR-DMARD study 2000-2010
OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether baseline disease activity levels and responses in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) changed …
Anna-Birgitte Aga, Elisabeth Lie, Till Uhlig, Inge Christoffer Olsen, Ada Wierød, Synøve Kalstad, Erik Rødevand, Knut Mikkelsen, Tore K. Kvien, Espen A. Haavardsholm
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EULAR task force recommendations on annual cardiovascular risk assessment for patients with rheumatoid arthritis: an audit of the success of implementation in a rheumatology outpatient clinic
OBJECTIVE: EULAR recommendations for cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk management include annual CVD risk assessments for patients with …
Eirik Ikdahl, Silvia Rollefstad, Inge C. Olsen, Tore K. Kvien, Inger Johanne Widding Hansen, Dag Magnar Soldal, Glenn Haugeberg, Anne Grete Semb
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Health status has improved more in women than in men with rheumatoid arthritis from 1994 to 2009: results from the Oslo rheumatoid arthritis register
OBJECTIVE: To examine changes in patient reported outcome measures (PROs) over 15 years in a representative population of patients with …
C. Austad, T. K. Kvien, I. C. Olsen, T. Uhlig
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NOR-DMARD data management: implementation of data capture from electronic health records
OBJECTIVES: The use of electronic health records (EHR) is an essential part of modern health care, and electronic data capture (EDC) …
I. C. Olsen, E. A. Haavardsholm, E. Moholt, T. K. Kvien, E. Lie
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Determining a magnetic resonance imaging inflammatory activity acceptable state without subsequent radiographic progression in rheumatoid arthritis: results from a followup MRI study of 254 patients in clinical remission or low disease activity
OBJECTIVE: To assess the predictive value of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-detected subclinical inflammation for subsequent …
Frédérique Gandjbakhch, Espen A. Haavardsholm, Philip G. Conaghan, Bo Ejbjerg, Violaine Foltz, Andrew K. Brown, Uffe Møller Døhn, Marissa Lassere, Jane E. Freeston, Inge Christoffer Olsen, Pernille Bøyesen, Paul Bird, Bruno Fautrel, Merete Lund Hetland, Paul Emery, Pierre Bourgeois, Kim Hørslev-Petersen, Tore K. Kvien, Fiona M. McQueen, Mikkel Østergaard
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Carotid plaque characteristics and disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis
OBJECTIVE: Carotid plaques (CP) are predictive of acute coronary syndrome in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), suggesting that …
Anne G. Semb, Silvia Rollefstad, Sella A. Provan, Tore K. Kvien, Einar Stranden, Inge C. Olsen, Jonny Hisdal
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Associations between APOE genotypes and disease susceptibility, joint damage and lipid levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
OBJECTIVE: Apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotypes are associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and lipid levels. In rheumatoid arthritis …
Marthe T. Maehlen, Sella A. Provan, Diederik P. C. de Rooy, Annette H. M. van der Helm-van Mil, Annemarie Krabben, Tore Saxne, Elisabet Lindqvist, Anne Grete Semb, Till Uhlig, Désirée van der Heijde, Inger Lise Mero, Inge C. Olsen, Tore K. Kvien, Benedicte A. Lie
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