Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis | ||
| Egyptian Reviews for Medical and Health Sciences | ||
| Volume 7, Issue 1, December 2025, Pages 36-45 PDF (890.95 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ermhs.2025.434515.1077 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Esraa Elsayed Othman* 1; Asmaa Enien2; Fatma Hamdy3 | ||
| 1Internal medicine department , Faculty of medicine , Mansoura university | ||
| 2internal medicine, faculty of medicine , mansoura university | ||
| 3Internal medicine, Faculty of medicine,Mansoura university | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Inflammatory arthritis, involving rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and seronegative spondyloarthropathy (SpA), is associated with elevated cardiovascular (CV) risk, partly due to systemic inflammation and microvascular dysfunction. Objectives: To assess the differences in cardiovascular risk factors between patients with RA and SpA, and to examine the relationship between disease activity and cardiovascular risk in individuals with inflammatory arthritis. Methods: This study was done on 50 patients (25 RA, 25 SpA) at Mansoura University Hospital. All participants underwent demographic, clinical, and laboratory evaluation, carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) measurement. CV risk was calculated using the Framingham risk score. Results: Patients with RA showed significantly higher body mass index (BMI) and platelet counts compared to those with SpA. Additionally, diabetes was notably more prevalent among RA patients. However, no significant differences were observed between the groups in terms of CIMT or cardiovascular risk score parameters. Conclusion: RA and SPA had comparable CV risk profiles despite some differences in demographic and treatment patterns. Higher disease activity was correlated with lower HDL cholesterol in RA patients. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Arthritis; Cardiovascular risk; Carotid intimal medial thickness | ||
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