Relative contribution of cardiovascular risk factors and rheumatoid arthritis clinical manifestations to atherosclerosis

Objective To estimate the contribution of cardiovascular (CV) risk factors and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease manifestations to atherosclerosis in RA. Methods We used high‐resolution carotid ultrasound to measure the carotid intima‐media thickness (IMT) and plaque in 631 RA patients. Using R 2 measures from multivariable models, we estimated the contribution of demographic characteristics (age, sex, and ethnic group), CV risk factors...