We analyze retrospectively the relationship between traditional cardiovascular risk factors as hypertension, obesity, dislipidemia and diabetes and hand or knee osteoarthritis and we compare the results with a control groups of patients with soft tissue disease with no other rheumatologic condition.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
490
We look over patient medical record and we collect the diagnoses associated with cardiovascular risk factor as hypertension, obesity, dislipidemia and diabetes.
In all patient we collect the history of cardiovascular disease.
We have defined two groups according to grouping of none, 1 or 2 cardiovascular risk factors or 3 or more.
Hospital Parc Tauli Sabadell
Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
RECRUITINGPrevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in hand or knee osteoarthritis patients
We analyze the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in a cohort of knne osteoarthritis and in a cohort of hand osteoarthritis. Then we evaluate the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in a cohort of soft tissue disease patients. Finally we compare osteoarthritis patients with soft tissue disease patients.
Time frame: one month
Prevalence of cardiovascular disease in hand or knee osteoarthritis.
We evaluate the prevalence of cardiovascular disease in the three cohorts, hand osteoarthritis, knee osteoarthritis and soft tissue disease; and we compare them.
Time frame: one month
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