Early rheumatoid arthritis in Latin America: low socioeconomic status related to high disease activity at baseline.

L, Massardo; BA, Pons-Estel; D, Wojdyla; MH, Cardiel; CM, Galarza-Maldonado; MP, Sacnun; ER, Soriano; IM, Laurindo; EM, Acevedo-Vásquez; CV, Caballero-Uribe; O, Padilla; ZM, Guibert-Toledano; Mota LM, da; RA, Montufar; L, Lino-Pérez; JF, Díaz-Coto; AF, Achurra-Castillo; JA, Hernández; MH, Esteva-Spinetti; LA, Ramírez; C, Pineda; DE, Furst

doi:10.1002/acr.21680

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Early rheumatoid arthritis in Latin America: low socioeconomic status related to high disease activity at baseline.

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Massardo L

Pons-Estel BA

Wojdyla D

Abstract

<h4>Objective</h4>To determine the influence of socioeconomic factors on disease activity in a Latin American (LA) early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) multinational inception cohort at baseline.<h4>Methods</h4>Clinical evaluation, ethnicity, socioeconomic status (SES), 4-variable Disease Activity Score ...

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