The relationship between rheumatoid arthritis and epicardial fat thickness, and serum levels of chemerin, adropin, and betatrophin
Epicardial fat thickness, as an indicator of cardiovascular involvement, is higher in patients with RA. Moreover, high chemerin levels and low adropin levels in these patients may be indicative of cardiovascular involvement.
Authors
- Yusuf Kemal Arslan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1308-8569)
- Cuma Mertoğlu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3497-4092)
- Bilge Ekinci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7520-0205)
- Reşit Çoşkun
- Taha Abdulkadir Çoban (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1711-5499)
- Fatih Ozcıcek
Institutions
- Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University (TR)
- Inonu University (TR)
- Cukurova University (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine
- Published
- 2024-09-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.17219/acem/190059
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Lipid metabolism and disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.80