title: Lipid profile in rheumatoid arthritis and its relation to disease activity.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To ascertain whether--1. Serum lipids are altered in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and 2. Disease activity has any role in altering lipid profile.
  
  
  METHODS
  Lipid profiles of 25 RA cases were compared with age and sex matched controls.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Serum triglycerides (STG) and total cholesterol (TC) were found to be significantly lower in RA patients. In patients with very active disease, activity index (AI) > 80, STG, TC and low-density lipoprotein (LDL-C) were significantly lower as compared to controls. For TG 'r' value of -0.483 indicated negative correlation between disease activity and TG values, though the correlation is not significant (p > 0.05). For TC 'r' value (-0.0551) indicates negative correlation between disease activity and serum TC.
authors: Department of Medicine, SMS Hospital, Jaipur.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Vottery
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Saigal
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Singhal
authors: B S
authors: BS
authors: Gupta
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000097:blood* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids