The effect of hypothyroidism on cardiovascular events and type 2 diabetes mellitus developing in rheumatoid arthritis

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Aim. To compare the frequency of cardiovascular events (CVE), to assess the risk of cardiovascular death using the mSCORE and the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) using the FINDRISC in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with and without hypothyroidism.

Materials and methods. The study included 149 patients (125 women, 24 men) with RA (median age – 57 [52; 61] years). In all patients, traditional factors of cardiovascular risk and glucose metabolism disorders (age, smoking status, total blood cholesterol, blood pressure, overweight, abdominal obesity – AO, heredity burdened by diabetes, insufficient physical activity, the lack of the necessary amount of berries, fruits and vegetables in the daily diet, history of hyperglycemia episodes), the 10-year risk of death from cardiovascular causes according to the mSCORE and the risk of developing type 2 DM according to the FINDRISС were assessed, a history of CVE (myocardial infarctions, and its revascularization, stroke) was recorded.

Results. Hypothyroidism was diagnosed in 17.4% of RA patients. Patients with hypothyroidism (group 1) were more likely to have AO and less likely to consume unsufficient dietary fiber than patients with euthyroidism (group 2). Moderate, high and very high risk of development according to the mSCORE and FINDRISC was detected in 61.5% of hypothyroid patients and 48.8% euthyroid patients, according to mSCORE alone – in 30.8 and 44.7%, according to FINDRISC – in 0 and 2.4%, respectively (p>0.05 in all cases); 11.5% of patients in group 1 and 6.5% in group 2 suffered from CVE (OR 1.875, 95% CI 0.462–7.607; p=0.63).

Conclusion. It is necessary to evaluate the thyroid gland function, especially in patients with AO due to the high frequency of hypothyroidism in RA. Hypothyroidism did not have an independent effect on the severe CVЕ rates, as well as risk assessment according to the score and FINDRISC in RA patients. Theses, with and without hypothyroidism, were predominantly in the moderate, high, very high risk groups according to both scales.

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Liubov V. Kondratyeva

Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology

Author for correspondence.
Email: kondratyeva.liubov@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1147-5936

кандидат мед. наук, ст. науч. сотр. лаб. системной красной волчанки

Russian Federation, Moscow

Tatiana V. Popkova

Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology

Email: popkovatv@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5793-4689

доктор мед. наук, нач. отд. системных ревматических заболеваний

Russian Federation, Moscow

Evgeny L. Nasonov

Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology; Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University)

Email: cancelar@irramn.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1598-8360

акад. РАН, доктор мед. наук, проф., науч. рук. ФГБНУ «НИИ ревматологии им. В.А. Насоновой», проф. каф. внутренних, профессиональных болезней и ревматологии

Russian Federation, Moscow; Moscow

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