rheumatic diseases/triglyceride

Aim: To describe the prevalence of dyslipidemia in children and adolescents with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs), particularly juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (jSLE), and juvenile

The article reviews the evidence and extent of the excess cardiovascular risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and ankylosing spondylitis. RA entails nearly twice as high a standardized mortality ratio and is considered an equivalent of type 2 diabetes

The aim was to assess the influence of long-term treatment with tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) inhibitors on total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), and atherogenic index (AI) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis

BACKGROUND Some studies showed an anti-atherogenic effect of TNF-α blockers on lipid profile, but these data have been challenged. OBJECTIVE To perform a meta-analysis on lipid profile changes induced by TNF-α blocker treatment. METHODS Prospective studies on rheumatic patients receiving TNF-α

OBJECTIVE The effects of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) on serum levels of cholesterol, triglycerides, and high- (HDL) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) were studied in patients with rheumatoid arthritis or systemic lupus erythematosus. METHODS A total of 155 women were divided into the following

The objectives of this study are to determine whether the 2016 European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology/Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization classification criteria for macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) complicating systemic juvenile idiopathic

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate the demographic, clinical, laboratory properties of patients with macrophage activation syndrome and treatment outcomes. METHODS The data of the patients who were diagnosed with macrophage activation syndrome secondary to systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis

BACKGROUND Cissus sicyoides (Vitaceae) is a medicinal plant popularly known in Brazil as "cipó-pucá, anil-trepador, cortina, and insulina". The plant is used in several diseases, including rheumatism, epilepsy, stroke and also in the treatment of diabetes. In the present work, we studied the

UNASSIGNED This study aims to assess the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in treatment naïve rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in an Indian population and correlate RA disease characteristics with presence of MetS. UNASSIGNED The study included 84 RA patients (18 males, 66 females; mean age 44.8±12.5

Zingiber mioga is a perennial herb belonging to the ginger family (Zingiberaceae) that is used medicinally to treat cough and rheumatism in China and consumed throughout Japan. The aim of the present study was to investigate the anti-obesity effects of Z. mioga following extraction with distilled

BACKGROUND Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), similarly to other arthritides, can be associated with damage of endothelial layer of which structure and function is dependent on reparative properties of endothelial progenitor cells (EPC). To date, it remained unknown whether EPC numbers are altered

BACKGROUND Serum uric acid (SUA) levels, an inexpensive and standardized marker of systemic oxidative stress, has been recently associated with the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular events. OBJECTIVE The main objective of the study was to evaluate the possible relationship between SUA, oxidized

BACKGROUND Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is a rheumatic disease characterized by a significant association with metabolic alterations, such as an impaired lipidic profile. METHODS One-hundred-thirty consecutive patients and 40 normal subjects were studied. The patients were

Some members of Rhododendron genus are traditionally used as medicinal plants for arthritis, acute and chronic bronchitis, asthma, pain, inflammation, rheumatism, hypertension and metabolic diseases. To the best of our knowledge, there is no report on the protective effects of R. oldhamii leaf