Serum Samples That Have Been Stored Long-Term (>10 Years) Can Be Used as a Suitable Data Source for Developing Cardiovascular Risk Prediction Models in Large Observational Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohorts

Objective. There is an unmet need for a specific cardiovascular risk (CV) algorithm for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. Lipoprotein data are often not available in RA cohorts but could be obtained from frozen blood samples. The objective of this study was to estimate the storage effect on lipop...

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Main Authors: Arts, Elke E. A., Popa, Calin D., Smith, Jacqueline P., Arntz, Onno J., van de Loo, Fons A., Donders, Rogier, Semb, Anne Grete P., Kitas, George D., van Riel, Piet L. C. M., Fransen, Jaap
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4177784/