Lack of Association between ABO, PPAP2B, ADAMST7, PIK3CG, and EDNRA and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness, Carotid Plaques, and Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

• Main Authors: Raquel López-Mejías (Author), Fernanda Genre (Author), Mercedes García-Bermúdez (Author), Begoña Ubilla (Author), Santos Castañeda (Author), Javier Llorca (Author), Carlos González-Juanatey (Author), Alfonso Corrales (Author), José A. Miranda-Filloy (Author), Trinitario Pina (Author), Carmen Gómez-Vaquero (Author), Luis Rodríguez-Rodríguez (Author), Benjamín Fernández-Gutiérrez (Author), Alejandro Balsa (Author), Dora Pascual-Salcedo (Author), Francisco J. López-Longo (Author), Patricia Carreira (Author), Ricardo Blanco (Author), Javier Martín (Author), Miguel A. González-Gay (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a polygenic disease associated with accelerated atherosclerosis and increased cardiovascular (CV) mortality. Recent studies have identified the ABO rs579459, PPAP2B rs17114036, and ADAMTS7 rs3825807 polymorphisms as genetic variants associated with coronary...