Use of low-dose glucocorticoids and the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in rheumatoid arthritis: what is the true direction of effect?

MeSH terms

• Anti-Inflammatory Agents / adverse effects*
• Arthritis, Rheumatoid* / complications
• Arthritis, Rheumatoid* / drug therapy
• Arthritis, Rheumatoid* / mortality
• Cardiovascular Diseases / chemically induced*
• Cardiovascular Diseases / epidemiology
• Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
• Glucocorticoids / adverse effects*
• Humans
• Morbidity
• Rheumatology / methods*
• Risk Assessment