Rheumatology: Current Research
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Boulos Haraoui

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• Research Article
  Validation of Self-Reported Cardiovascular Disease and Associated Co- Morbidities in a Large Canadian Cohort of Early Inflammatory Arthritis
  Author(s): Lillian Barra, Kyle Arsenault-Mehta, Janet E. Pope, Carol Hitchon, Gilles Boire, Orit Schieir, Carter Thorne, Diane Tin, Edward C. Keystone, Boulos Haraoui, Shahin Jamal, Susan Bartlett and Vivian P. BykerkLillian Barra, Kyle Arsenault-Mehta, Janet E. Pope, Carol Hitchon, Gilles Boire, Orit Schieir, Carter Thorne, Diane Tin, Edward C. Keystone, Boulos Haraoui, Shahin Jamal, Susan Bartlett and Vivian P. Bykerk
  
  Objective: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and risk factors for CVD (smoking, hypertension, dyslipidemia and diabetes) are commonly associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). We aimed to determine the validity of selfreported CVD events and risk factors in the Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort (CATCH). Methods: CATCH is a multicenter inception cohort of patients with early RA. Various co-morbidities and pharmacologic therapies are self-reported at baseline and at each follow-up visit. Using a randomly selected subgroup of subjects enrolled in CATCH from one representative site, we performed a detailed review of their complete medical record to identify diagnoses of CVD events, risk factors and drug therapies. The validity of selfreported variables was determined using the Cohen’s kappa statistic. Results: The vali.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-1149.1000211

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