Underweight arthritic patients are more prone to death from cardiovascular disease

Researchers have concluded from study results that rheumatoid arthritis patients are three times more likely to die from heart disease if they were underweight when diagnosed than non-arthritic, normal weight people. Arthritic patients who became underweight following diagnosis were twice as likely to die from cardiovascular disease as those in the normal weight range. The reasoning for this is perhaps that severe rheumatoid arthritis is associated with systemic inflammation which may be a factor in cardiovascular disease.

Source: summary of medical news story as reported by Reuters Health = Arthritis and Rheumatism, 2004

Related Disease Topics:

• Cardiovascular disease
• Heart disease
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis
• Underweight
• Systemic inflammation

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About: Underweight arthritic patients are more prone to death from cardiovascular disease

Date: 8 December 2004

Source: Reuters Health = Arthritis and Rheumatism, 2004

Author: Megan Rauscher

URL: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=571&ncid=751&e=4&u=/nm/20041208/hl_nm/arthritis_weight_dc

Related Medical Topics

This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Inflammation
• Cause of cardiovascular disease
• Cause of heart disease
• Death and cardiovascular disease
• Death and rheumatoid arthritis
• Death and heart disease
• Death and arthritis
• Death and systemic inflammation
• Death and underweight
• Research and cardiovascular disease
• Research and heart disease
• Research and rheumatoid arthritis
• Research and arthritis
• Research and underweight
• Research and systemic inflammation

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