Journal article
Risk of coronary artery disease in patients with systemic sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Clinical rheumatology, Vol.33(8), pp.1099-1104
08/01/2014
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-014-2681-4
PMID: 24859783
Abstract
Several chronic inflammatory disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus, have been shown to increase coronary artery disease (CAD) risk but the data on systemic sclerosis (SSc) is unclear. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies that reported odds ratio, relative risk, hazard ratio, or standardized incidence ratio comparing CAD risk in patients with SSc versus non-SSc participants. Pooled risk ratio and 95 % confidence intervals were calculated using a random effect, generic inverse variance method. Four studies were identified and included in our data analysis. The pooled risk ratio of CAD in patients with SSc was 1.82 (95 % CI, 1.40 to 2.36). The statistical heterogeneity of this meta-analysis was moderate with an I (2) of 73 %. Our study demonstrated a statistically significant increased CAD risk among patients with SSc.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Risk of coronary artery disease in patients with systemic sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Creators
- Patompong Ungprasert - Siriraj HospitalPrangthip Charoenpong - Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical CenterPraveen Ratanasrimetha - Mahidol UniversityCharat Thongprayoon - Mayo ClinicWisit Cheungpasitporn - Mayo ClinicPromporn Suksaranjit - University of Utah
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Clinical rheumatology, Vol.33(8), pp.1099-1104
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10067-014-2681-4
- PMID
- 24859783
- ISSN
- 0770-3198
- eISSN
- 1434-9949
- Number of pages
- 6
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/01/2014
- Academic Unit
- Cardiovascular Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984359939402771
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