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Traditional Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Coronary Artery Calcification in Adults With Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis: A Danish Multicenter Study

Louise Pyndt Diederichsen, Axel Cosmus Pyndt Diederichsen, Jane Angel Simonsen, Peter Junker, Klaus Søndergaard, Ingrid E. Lundberg, N. Tvede, Oke Gerke, Anne Friesgaard Christensen, Lene Dreyer,

Arthritis Care & Research · 2014 · 50 citations · 28 references

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In this study, traditional CV risk factors and severe CAC were commonly found in patients with PM/DM. However, severe CAC was not associated with PM/DM per se, but rather with age and smoking in these patients.

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