AGUSTIN ESCALANTE

..Because these disorders are not life-threatening, decision-making is generally preference-based. Little is known about whether Hispanics in the U.S. differ from non-Hispanic Whites with respect to key decision making preferences...

..Despite high cardiovascular mortality in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), few studies of body mass index (BMI) and obesity as risk factors for death in RA have been published...

..The purpose of this paper is to test a model of impairment and functional limitation in (RA), using empirical data from a sample of RA patients. We based the model on the disablement process framework...

..It provides a parsimonious scale to measure global physical function in RA...

..To compare the utilization of total hip replacement (THR) between Hispanic persons and non-Hispanic persons in a sample with health insurance...

..We characterized the rheumatic manifestations of a group of veterans of the Persian Gulf War who were referred to a rheumatology clinic...

..There is clearly a need for data on the prevalence and characteristics of arthritis and other rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases in this emerging US population...

..To identify factors associated with the loss of cortical diaphyseal bone over time in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)...

..To estimate the contribution of cardiovascular (CV) risk factors and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease manifestations to atherosclerosis in RA...

..We undertook this study to determine the extent to which ACS are associated with carotid atherosclerosis in RA...

..To measure physical disability in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using a latent variable derived from a generic and a disease-specific self-reported disability instrument and an observer-assessed functional status scale...

..Because of the possibility that their antiinflammatory effect may be antiatherogenic, this study investigated the effect of glucocorticoids on the arteries of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)...

..This suggests that atherogenesis accelerates after the onset of RA. Systemic inflammation may amplify the age-related risk of CV disease...

..To evaluate the association between peripheral arterial function and cortical bone thickness in rheumatoid arthritis (RA)...

..The San Antonio Lupus Study of Neuropsychiatric Disease is a longitudinal study designed to characterize the spectrum of and important risk factors for specific neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE) syndromes...

..The observed associations suggest that interventions targeted to decrease BMI itself may lead to improved function in part through improved joint ROM...

..Despite increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in rheumatoid arthritis, the peripheral arteries remain understudied...

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..To examine the relationship between markers of systemic inflammation and carotid atherosclerosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and healthy controls...

..To compare the incidence of cardiovascular (CV) events in persons with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with that in people from the general population, adjusting for traditional CV risk factors...

..Although data are currently not sufficient to support evidence-based recommendations, it is possible to make reasonable suggestions to guide clinical practice...

..This information should be important to physicians who provide care to patients with rheumatoid arthritis, given the difficulty of recognizing cardiovascular signs and symptoms among patients with the disease...

..To test the hypothesis that the influence of the HLA-DRB1 shared epitope (SE) on the clinical manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) differs between men and women...

..CONCLUSION: Hip and knee flexion range contribute significantly to walking velocity in the SALSA cohort of community-dwelling aged persons...

..It is important to consider interactions of genotype x sex in addition to associations in a GWAA of RA. Furthermore, the association between SNPs and RA susceptibility varies significantly between men and women...

..SNPs associated with RA damage may be useful for risk stratification of patients, and may contribute to the discovery of novel targets for RA treatments. ..

..SNPs associated with RA damage may be useful for risk stratification of patients, and may contribute to the discovery of novel targets for RA treatments. ..

..His mentoring role will also help create a critical mass of investigators focused on arthritis-related disability among the U.S. Hispanic population. ..

..Interventions to be measured include anti-rheumatic drugs and joint surgery, the lag between disease onset and initiation of anti-rheumatic therapy, compliance, and rehabilitation interventions. ..

..SNPs associated with RA damage may be useful for risk stratification of patients, and may contribute to the discovery of novel targets for RA treatments. ..