Rheumatoid Arthritis and Coronary Artery Disease: Genetic Analyses Do Not Support a Causal Relation.

CONCLUSION: We found no evidence that RA-associated SNP as a group are associated with CAD. Even though we were not able to study potential effects of all genetic variants individually, shared nongenetic factors may more plausibly explain the observed coincidence of the 2 conditions.
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Source: J Rheumatol - October 14, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Jansen H, Willenborg C, Lieb W, Zeng L, Ferrario PG, Loley C, König IR, Erdmann J, Samani NJ, Schunkert H, the CARDIoGRAM Consortium Tags: J Rheumatol Source Type: research