Rheumatoid arthritis and cardiovascular disease associations in the UK Biobank
People with RA have a heightened risk of multiple prevalent and incident CVDs, independent of shared risk factors, with suggestions of causal links with IHD, AMI, and arrhythmias.
Authors
- Norbert Frey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7611-378X)
- Liliána Erzsébet Szabó (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4699-3648)
- Ahmed Salih (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0871-8282)
- Zahra Raisi‐Estabragh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7757-5465)
- Nicholas C. Harvey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8194-2512)
- Adil Mahmood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9834-6920)
- André Altmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9265-2393)
- Stefania D’Angelo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7585-5052)
- Janek Salatzki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1421-474X)
- Dorina-Gabriela Condurache (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3985-0814)
- Steffen Erhard Petersen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4622-5160)
- Florian André
- Elizabeth M. Curtis
Institutions
- Semmelweis University (HU)
- St Bartholomew's Hospital (GB)
- University of Leicester (GB)
- Queen Mary University of London (GB)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- Barts Health NHS Trust (GB)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University of Zakho (IQ)
- NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- The London College (GB)
- MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit (GB)
- William Harvey Research Institute (GB)
- University of Southampton (GB)
- University College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medicine
- Published
- 2025-11-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-025-04431-1
- Primary Topic
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00