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369 COMORBIDITY AMONG PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS RECEIVING BIOLOGIC
THERAPY - RESULTS FROM THE BSR BIOLOGICS REGISTER.
K Hyrich, K Watson, D Symmons, A Silman, the BSR Biologics Register. ARC Epidemiology Unit,
University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
370 SMALL AND LARGE ARTERY COMPLIANCE IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.
AR Clewes 1 , SA Hulme 2 , MP Lynch 1 , JK Dawson 1 . 1
Department of Rheumatology, St Helens and Knowsley
NHS Trust, St Helens, Merseyside, United Kingdom; 2 Department of Diabetes, Whiston Hospital, Prescot,
Merseyside, United Kingdom
371 DIFFERENCES IN PREDICTED CARDIOVASCULAR RISK BETWEEN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID
ARTHRITIS AND THEIR SAME SEX SIBLING.
N Kumar 1 , NJ Marshall 1 , D Neely 2 , SS Furniss 3 , DJ Walker 1 , PN Platt 1 . 1
Department of Rheumatology,
Musculoskeletal Unit, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom; 2 Department of
Biochemistry, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom; 3 Department of
Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
372 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND CAUSE
OF DEATH. RESULTS FROM AN INCEPTION COHORT OF 1388 PATIENTS.
G Koduri 1 , A Young 1 , M Batley 1 , E Kulinskaya 2 , S Stafford 1 . 1
On Behalf of the Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Study (ERAS), St Albans City Hospital, St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom; 2 Health Research and
Development Support Unit, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
373 ACCELERATED EARLY ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: SMOKING EFFECT ON
CAROTID INTIMAL-MEDIAL THICKNESS.
Y Sherer 1 , R Gerli 2 , G Vaudo 3 , G Schiallaci 3 , B Gilburd 1 , A Giordano 2 , EB Bucci 2 , R Allegruci 2 , S Marchesi 3 ,
E Mannarino 3 , Y Shoenfeld 1 . 1
Department of Medicine B and Center of Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba
Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel; 2 Section of Internal Medicine & Oncological Sciences, Center for
the Study of Rheumatic Diseases, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy; 3 Section of Internal Medicine,
Angiology & Atherosclerosis Diseases, Department of Clinical & Experimental Medicine, University of
Perugia, Perugia, Italy
374 DIFFERENCES IN CAROTID ARTERY INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS BETWEEN INDEX CASES WITH
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND THEIR SAME SEX SIBLINGS.
N Kumar 1 , NJ Marshall 1 , D Neely 2 , SS Furniss 3 , DJ Walker 1 , PN Platt 1 . 1
Department of Rheumatology,
Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom; 2 Deaprtment of Biochemistry, Royal Victoria
Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom; 3 Department of Cardiology, Freeman Hospital,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
375 VASCULAR ABNORMALITY IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.
YK Otkalenko 1 , MA Stanislavchuk 1 , OS Otkalenko 2 . 1
Rheumatology, National Medical University, Vinnycia,
Ukraine; 2 Ultrasonography, Vinnytcia District Hospital, Vinnytcia, Ukraine
376 BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) AND RELEVANCE TO ASSESSMENT OF DISEASE ACTIVITY IN
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (RA).
RA Munro 1 , R Hampson 2 , R Madhok 2 , HA Capell 2 . 1
Rheumatology, Wishaw General Hospital, Lanarkshire,
United Kingdom; 2 Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, United Kingdom
377 STROKE AND RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: A RETROSPECTIVE, MATCHED CASE-CONTROL STUDY.
PD Mudd 1 , RW Heycock 1 , J Hamilton 2 , CA Kelly 2 , DH Barer 1 . 1
Stroke Research Unit, Queen Elizabeth
Hospital, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom; 2 Department of Rheumatology, Queen Elizabeth
Hospital, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
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