title: [Calcification of coronary arteries and dyslipidemia in women with rheumatoid arthritis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to identify features of lipid profile in women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) depending on calcification of coronary arteries (CA).
  
  
  METHODS
  We examined 40 women with RA (mean age 48.6 ± 1.4 years, average duration of RA 7.77 ± 1 years) and 22 women of control group. Coronary artery calcification was detected by multislice computed tomography and expressed as Agatston score.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Frequency and degree of CA calcification in patients with RA was comparable with those in control group (=0.163 and =0.734, respectively). Calcification of CA in RA patients was accompanied by elevated levels of total and low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, non-high density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL, and atherogeneity index. In all patients with CA calcification LDL cholesterol level exceeded 2.5 mmol/l.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Sineglazova
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D050171:Dyslipidemias / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D008078:Cholesterol, LDL