Increased occurrence of cardiovascular events and comorbidities in a general rheumatology cohort
| Autor: | K. Hartery, A. Mohammad, Ursula Bond, Mark J. Phelan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Comorbidity Coronary Artery Disease Malignancy Body Mass Index Arthritis Rheumatoid Cohort Studies Hypothyroidism Risk Factors Rheumatic Diseases Internal medicine Outpatients mental disorders Prevalence medicine Humans Obesity Hospitals Teaching Aged Dyslipidemias Retrospective Studies business.industry Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Rheumatology Cardiovascular Diseases Hypertension Cohort Physical therapy Female business Ireland Body mass index Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | Irish Journal of Medical Science. 179:273-276 |
| ISSN: | 1863-4362 0021-1265 |
| Popis: | To identify cardiovascular and other comorbidities in a general rheumatology cohort.Interviews/retrospective chart audits were conducted on 1,000 patients attending rheumatology outpatient clinics of a university teaching hospital. Comorbidities were classified using the Charlson comorbidity index (Ambrose et al. in Ir J Med Sci 178(1):53-55, 2009).Mean age 58 +/- 15.3 years, mean BMI 26. Of the patients, 400 (40%) were diagnosed with dyslipidemia and hypertension (p = 0.002), 160 (16%) with obesity and 80 (8%) with hypothyroidism. Overall 160 (16%) patients were diagnosed with coronary heart disease (CHD). Of these, 120 (75%) had RA (p = 0.001), 100 (63%) were male, mean age 60 +/- 15.8 years, 120 (75%) had dyslipidemia and BMI30 (p = 0.002), 112 (70%) were smokers (p = 0.002), 40 (25%) were diagnosed with diabetes mellitus and 20 (12%) with hypothyroidism.The increased prevalence of these comorbidities may serve as a reminder to the rheumatologists that many of their patients will have coexistent disease of which they need to be aware to properly plan their management. |
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