Objective To examine trends in the incidence and prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
from 1995 to 2007. Methods To augment our preexisting inception cohort of patients with RA (…

Objective Understanding of the personal risks for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other rheumatic
diseases remains poor, despite advances in knowledge with regard to their pathogenesis…

Objectives To examine trends in the incidence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) from 2005 to 2014
overall and by serological status as compared with 1995–2004 and 1985–1994. Methods …

Objective To examine the impact of systemic inflammation and serum lipids on cardiovascular
disease (CVD) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods In a population-based RA incident …

Objectives To compare lipid profiles in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and in non-RA
subjects during the 5 years before and 5 years after the RA incidence/index date. Methods …

Increased mortality in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is widely recognized but not fully explained.
Despite substantial improvements in management and growing knowledge of the …

Objective. To assess incidence and mortality effects of extraarticular rheumatoid arthritis (ExRA)
in patients with incident RA in 1995–2007 compared to 1985–1994, in Olmsted County, …

Objective To examine the role of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) flare, remission and RA severity
burden in cardiovascular disease (CVD). Methods In a population-based cohort of patients …

Objective. To examine the influence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) characteristics and antirheumatic
medications on the risk of heart failure (HF) in patients with RA. Methods. A population-…

Objective To compare the prevalence of left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction in subjects
with and without rheumatoid arthritis (RA), among those with no history of heart failure (HF), …