Early development of new cardiovascular risk factors in the systemic vasculitides.

CONCLUSIONS: Despite different epidemiological and clinical characteristics, new CV risk factors occur equally in the early stages of AAV and GCA. Renal function and type of diagnosis are associated with the occurrence of HTN/DM. We developed a simple predictive score for the risk-stratification of patients. PMID: 31498071 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology - Category: Rheumatology Tags: Clin Exp Rheumatol Source Type: research