RIsk factors of cardiovascular pathology in rheumatoid arthritis
The aim of the investigation is studying risk factors of arterial hypertension that 121 women have with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Estimating 10-year death risk from cardiovascular disease it has been established that more than 40% of women with rheumatoid arthritis have moderate and high risk. Direct relation of the level of total cholesterol and atherogenic lipoproteid of low density from rheumatoid arthritis has been revealed, not from the age of the patients. The most signifi cant risk factors of rheumatoid arthritis are the age older than 50 years, the duration of RA more than 20 years, glucocorticosteroids more than 3 years daily dose with more than 7,5 mg, hereditary cardiovascular pathology, menopause more than10 years, heightened level of C-reactive protein (CRP) and overweight.