Patients with rheumatic disorders have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD).
This excess co-morbidity is not fully explained by traditional risk factors. Disease severity is a …

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a complex process affecting many different joint areas in the body.
From a pathophysiological point of view some features are crucial for the diagnosis, such as …

Data from several different monitoring systems are examined. The potential for registers
based on data obtained from clinical practice, and linkage of such data to national health and …

Objective : To determine the prevalence of diabetes in relation to birth weight in Pima Indians.
Design : Follow up study of infants born during 1940-72 who had undergone a glucose …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in patients with rheumatoid
arthritis (RA) treated with tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors, compared to a standard …

Objective : To compare the ability of tests measuring two hour plasma glucose, fasting
plasma glucose, and glycated haemoglobin concentrations in predicting the specific …

Objectives: To assess the risk of lymphoproliferative disease or other malignancy (standardised
incidence ratios (SIRs)), in patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome according to the …

Objective. This study was undertaken to analyze standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) and
causes and predictors of death in primary Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) diagnosed according to 3 …

Objective. To estimate the incidence of and survival rates for WG, microscopic polyangiitis (MPA),
Churg–Strauss syndrome (CSS) and PAN within a defined population in southern …

Objective: To assess mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with tumour
necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors, compared with a standard RA population. Methods: Patients …