University of California Los Angeles; University of California Berkeley; North Karelia Central Hospital; Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS); Universidade Federal do Ceará; Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP); Hospital Universitário de Brasília; University of Ioannina Ioannina; Waterford Regional Hospital; Connolly Hospital; University of Genova; Rheumatology Department; Vilnius University; University Medical Centre Utrecht; Jyväskylä Central Hospital; Medcare Oy; Hospital Oakland Research Institute; Hospital San Juan Bautista; Hospital of Cordoba; Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ); Riverside Professional Centre; Copenhagen University Hospital at Hvidovre; King Christian the Xth Hospital; Copenhagen University Hospital at Herlev; Al-Azhar University; Assiut University Hospital; Abo Sohage University Hospital; Tartu University Hospital; East-Tallinn Central Hospital; Centre for Clinical and Basic Research; Satakunta Central Hospital; Hôpital Cochin; INSERM U887; Hôpital Lapeyronie; Hôpital Hautepierre; National University of Athens; Euroclinic Hospital; Evangelisches Fachkrankenhaus; Schlosspark-Klinik; University Medicine Berlin; Semmelweis University of Medical Sciences; Polyclinic of the Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God in Budapest; St. Vincent University Hospital; Our Lady's Hospice; Vedanta Institiute of Medical Sciences; Jaipur Hospital; Santa Chiara Hospital; Catholic University of Sacred Heart; University of Ancona; Tokyo Women's Medical University; Kyoto First Red Cross Hospital; Shono Rheumatism Clinic; Kenyatta Hospital; Pauls Stradina Clinical University Hospital; Kaunas University Hospital; El Ayachi Hospital Mohamed Vth Souissi University; Sint Franciscus Gasthuis Hospital; Medisch Spectrum Twente; Sørlandet Hospital; Medical University in Bialystok; Medical University of Lublin; Poznan Rheumatology Centre in Srem; Military Institute of Medicine; Silesian Hospital for Rheumatology and Rehabilitation in Ustron Slaski; Szpital Wojewodzki im. Jana Biziela; Wojewodzki Zespol Reumatologiczny im. dr Jadwigi Titz-Kosko; Spitalul Clinic Sf Maria; Institute of Rheumatology of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences; Moscow Medical Academy; Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education; Rheumatology Institut; Hospital de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrin; Hospital Sierrallana Ganzo; Hospital General de Castellón; Uppsala University Hospital; Centrallasarettet; Hudiksvall Medical Clinic; Gazi University Medical Faculty; Meram Medical Faculty; Cerrahpasa Medic Faculty; Dubai Bone and Joint Centre; American Hospital Dubai; Charing Cross Hospital; Royal Cornwall Hospital; Kings College Hospital; Vanderbilt University; NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases; Taylor Hospital; Centra Care Clinic; University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases (2010-12-01)
Objective: To investigate whether body mass index (BMI), as a proxy for body fat, influences rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity in a gender-specific manner. Methods: Consecutive patients with RA were enrolled from ...