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IJCRR - 4(17), September, 2012

Pages: 188-194

Date of Publication: 14-Sep-2012


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Cardiovascular Co-Morbidity and role of exercise in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Review

Author: Shahnawaz Anwer, Ameed Equebal

Category: Healthcare

Abstract:Patients with rheumatoid arthritis have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Cardiovascular event rates are markedly increased in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Data from population- and clinic-based epidemiologic studies of rheumatoid arthritis patients suggest that individuals with rheumatoid arthritis are at risk for developing clinically evident congestive heart failure (CHF). The vasculature plays a crucial role in inflammation, angiogenesis, and atherosclerosis associated with the pathogenesis of inflammatory rheumatic diseases. There is overwhelming evidence that, in the general population and several at risk subpopulations, exercise provides significant physical and psychosocial benefits, and facilitates management and improvements of outcome in Rheumatic disease. There is increased recognition of the need for structured preventive strategies to reduce the risk of CVD in patients with RA. In this review, the research agenda for understanding and preventing CVD comorbidity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis is discussed.

Keywords: Rheumatoid arthritis, Cardiovascular Disease, Inflammation, Exercise

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Introduction:
Cardiovascular disease is an increasingly recognized contributor to excess morbidity and mortality in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) [1-3]. The most probable cause of cardiac death in rheumatoid arthritis, as in the general population, is atherosclerotic coronary artery disease leading to ischaemic heart disease [4] . Rheumatoid arthritis, which is characterized by inflammatory polyarthritis with progressive joint damage, occurs in about 0.5%-1% of adult population in most countries [5]. Several studies have shown a higher incidence or prevalence of ischaemic cardiac pathologies such as myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, and coronary deaths in patients with rheumatoid arthritis than in the general population [3,6-7] . Traditional cardiovascular risk factors do not adequately account for the extent of cardiovascular disease in RA [3,8]. Although hypertension and age are potential additional contributors to cardiovascular events in this disease [6], markers of current and cumulative inflammation (white cell counts and radiographic joint damage, respectively) are associated with ultrasonographically determined subclinical atherosclerosis [9] – a predictor of cardiovascular events [10] . The use of methotrexate is associated with a significantly lower risk for cardiovascular (CV) events in RA patients compared with patients who had never used disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) [11]. Suissa and colleagues [12] found a negative association between the rate of myocardial infarction and the current use of any DMARD in a case control study. A study from Sweden [13] suggested that the risk for developing first CV events in RA was lower in patients who were treated with tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) blockers. In this review we examine the evidence of risk for CVD in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and the suggested underlying mechanism and discuss the role of exercise for the prevention and management of CVD in such patients.

Epidemiology of Cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Fewer statistics on incidence and prevalence rates for Congestive heart failure (CHF) in patients with RA are available and are derived from a handful of population-based[7,14] and clinic-based RA cohorts[15]. Gabriel et al. [7] estimated the incidence of CHF among all RA patients in Olmsted Country, Minnesota, from data abstracted from medical records. Between 1955 and 1985, 78 cases of incident CHF were identified among 450 prevalent cases of RA compared to 54 cases among the same number of non-RA community controls matched for age, sex, and baseline comorbidity, yielding a relative risk of 1.60 (95% CI 1.12-2.27). In contrast, the risk of incident CHF in patients with osteoarthritis (OA), a noninflammatory arthritis, was not increased compared to non-OA community controls [7] . In a follow-up retrospective review of the same cohort extended to 1995, now using the Framingham diagnostic criteria for CHF, Nicola et al. [14] confirmed an increased risk of incident CHF in both rheumatoid factor (RF) negative and positive RA patients compared to non-RA controls adjusted for age, sex, and CV risk factors. Incident CHF risk remained elevated after further adjustment for comorbid ischemic heart disease, although the risk relationship was no longer statistically significant for RF negative patients in this model [14] . In a combined cohort of RA patients from community-based practices and drug safety monitoring studies (n = 9093), Wolfe et al. [2] estimated an adjusted lifetime relative risk of CHF in patients with RA is more as compared with OA controls. The adjusted lifetime prevalence of CHF in the RA population was 0.7 % greater as compared to OA controls. Data were collected via patient survey of self reported, physiciandiagnosed CHF, and confirmed by review of a random sample of medical records in 50% of patients reporting CVD events. In a subsequent analysis [15], in which the drug safety cohort represented a third (n = 4,307) of the total sample (n = 13,171), Wolfe et al. reported an adjusted frequency of CHF of 3.9% (95% CI 3.4-4.3%) in RA patients compared to 2.3% (95% CI 1.6-3.3%) in controls with knee or hip OA. Factors associated with prevalent and incident of CHF were those typically associated with CHF in the non-RA population (e.g., age, male gender, hypertension, coronary artery disease, diabetes, and smoking) while RA-related measures (patientreported disability, pain, and RA global severity) were also associated with prevalent and incident of CHF.

Risk factors for cardiovascular events in patients with rheumatoid arthritis:
Traditional risk factors for vascular disease such as, smoking, hypertension, diabetes and hyper lipidemia are important for the increased risk of CVD in subjects with RA [16]. However, traditional risk factors alone do not fully explain the excess CVD risk in RA. Other non-traditional factors are hypothesized to play a role, in particular the burden of inflammation as indicated by the Creactive protein (CRP) and/or erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) [17, 18]. In a communitybased cohort of patients with inflammatory polyarthritis, Goodson, et al also noted that excess CVD mortality was confined to patients who were rheumatoid factor positive [19]. These markers of inflammation and inflammatory burden confer additional risk of CVD death in those with RA after adjusting for traditional CVD risk factors and comorbidities [20] . Severity of disease has consistently been associated with an increased risk of CVD events in RA. Patient with severe extra articular RA manifestations are at an increased risk of developing coronary artery disease [21] as well as peripheral vascular disease [22]; and severe extra articular RA is a predictor of both overall mortality [23] and cardiovascular mortality [20] , indicating that systemic inflammation is a major determinants of vascular comorbidity in RA. In contrast with the general population, a low body mass index (BMI), rather than obesity, has been associated with increased CVD in patients with RA [24, 25] .

Role of exercise in Rheumatoid arthritis and Cardiovascular disease:
Exercise is one of the most important behavioral interventions that can have a major beneficial impact on the likelihood to develop, suffer symptomatically or die from CVD. Any physical activity is better than no, or little, physical activity. There is overwhelming evidence that, in the general population and several at risk subpopulations, exercise provides significant physical and psychosocial benefits, and facilitates management and improvements of outcome in Rheumatic disease. It helps maintain a healthy life-style, reduce CVD risk factors including obesity [26], dyslipidaemia [27, 28], hypertension [29] , diabetes mellitus [30] and possibly even inflammation [31]; it is also effective for preventing acute coronary syndromes [32-34]. Moreover, exercise helps the management of established CVD: both aerobic exercise [35, 36] and resistance training [37] improve myocardial contractility and quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure and produce significant functional benefits in people with intermittent claudication [38]. More importantly, cardiac exercise rehabilitation programmes are an important part in the management of patients after an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) [39] and lead to significantly improved quality of life and reduced mortality rates [40, 41] . The overall physiological adaptations that occur as a result of exercise [42] provide protection against CVD mortality, even in the presence of well-established CVD risk factors [43, 44]. CVD mortality is lower in highly fit than in moderately fit individuals [45], while physical inactivity is an independent risk factor for the development of CVD [46, 47]. Even though cardiorespiratory fitness may have a familial component [48], it can be increased significantly by exercise training, regardless of age, gender, race and initial fitness levels [49]. The required activity levels can be accrued through formal training programmes or leisure-time physical activities [50]. Moreover, supervised exercise programmes are more effective compared with non-supervised exercise [51, 52], most likely due to greater adherence. Great controversy still exists about the optimum amount of exercise for eliciting the greatest cardiovascular benefit. Different exercise intensity [53] and duration [54], as well as various combinations of them [55], may have different impacts on the magnitude of cardiorespiratory fitness improvement. Most authors agree that there is a dose–response relation between the amount of exercise, all-cause and cardiovascular mortality [53, 54]. The greatest potential for reduced mortality is in sedentary individuals (such as many RA patients), in whom even slight increases in daily physical activity are beneficial [56,57]; for more active individuals, higher levels of intensity should be pursued [56]. Depending primarily on the starting levels of physical activity, cardiovascular fitness has been reported to increase by 8–51% following an exercise intervention [54, 56] . Moderate-intensity exercise of long duration appears to elicit the most benefit on CVD risk and mortality [53, 55-57]. Current guidelines by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) suggest that an individual should engage in exercise at least three times a week, at an intensity of 60–80% of maximum oxygen uptake (VO2max), for at least 20–30 min, in order to experience significant improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness and optimum cardiovascular benefits [58]. In terms of caloric expenditure, this can be translated to 1000–2000 kcal/week [59]. These calories can be expended in either continuous exercise or accumulated from several short bouts of exercise during a day [59, 60] . Aerobic exercise is the most appropriate, but this can be supplemented by low-to-moderate intensity resistance training [60]. The exercise regimen should be reconsidered regularly, usually every 4– 6 weeks, based on the principles of exercise periodization [61] so that participants continue to improve their performance.

Summary
There is strong evidence that persons with rheumatoid arthritis are at high risk for developing cardiovascular disease. Several studies have shown a higher incidence or prevalence of ischaemic cardiac pathologies such as myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, and coronary deaths in patients with rheumatoid arthritis than in the general population. Severity of disease has consistently been associated with an increased risk of CVD events in RA. CVD mortality was more confined to patients who were rheumatoid factor positive. Role of exercise in the management and prevention of CVD in RA patients is very important yet neglected area of RA patients treatment programmes. As this review shows, there is accumulating evidence that in patients with RA, exercise therapy is effective in improving the prognostic risk factor profile. There is little has been investigated and published on the role of exercise as a means to control risk and manage CVD in individuals with RA. More research is required to identify the optimal regimens, timing and environment for exercise, as well as educational and behavioural intervention that will facilitate long term adherence to an active life style and/or structured exercise.

Acknowledgments:
We acknowledge the immense help received from the scholars whose articles are cited and included in references of this manuscript. We are also grateful to authors/editors/publishers of all those articles, journals and books from where the literature for this article has been reviewed and discussed.

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A Study by Suvarna Sunder J et al. entitled "Endodontic Revascularization of Necrotic Permanent Anterior Tooth with Platelet Rich Fibrin, Platelet Rich Plasma, and Blood Clot - A Comparative Study" is awarded Best Article for Vol 13 issue 13
A Study by Mona Isam Eldin Osman et al. entitled "Psychological Impact and Risk Factors of Sexual Abuse on Sudanese Children in Khartoum State" is awarded Best Article for Vol 13 issue 12
A Study by Khaw Ming Sheng & Sathiapriya Ramiah entitled "Web Based Suicide Prevention Application for Patients Suffering from Depression" is awarded Best Article for Vol 13 issue 11
A Study by Purushottam S. G. et al. entitled "Development of Fenofibrate Solid Dispersions for the Plausible Aqueous Solubility Augmentation of this BCS Class-II Drug" is awarded Best article for Vol 13 issue 10
A Study by Kumar S. et al. entitled "A Study on Clinical Spectrum, Laboratory Profile, Complications and Outcome of Pediatric Scrub Typhus Patients Admitted to an Intensive Care Unit from a Tertiary Care Hospital from Eastern India" is awarded Best Article for Vol 13 issue 09
A Study by Mardhiah Kamaruddin et al. entitled "The Pattern of Creatinine Clearance in Gestational and Chronic Hypertension Women from the Third Trimester to 12 Weeks Postpartum" is awarded Best Article for Vol 13 issue 08
A Study by Sarmila G. B. et al. entitled "Study to Compare the Efficacy of Orally Administered Melatonin and Clonidine for Attenuation of Hemodynamic Response During Laryngoscopy and Endotracheal Intubation in Gastrointestinal Surgeries" is awarded Best Article for Vol 13 issue 07
A Study by M. Muthu Uma Maheswari et al. entitled "A Study on C-reactive Protein and Liver Function Tests in Laboratory RT-PCR Positive Covid-19 Patients in a Tertiary Care Centre – A Retrospective Study" is awarded Best Article of Vol 13 issue 06 Special issue Modern approaches for diagnosis of COVID-19 and current status of awareness
A Study by Gainneos PD et al. entitled "A Comparative Evaluation of the Levels of Salivary IgA in HIV Affected Children and the Children of the General Population within the Age Group of 9 – 12 Years – A Cross-Sectional Study" is awarded Best Article of Vol 13 issue 05 Special issue on Recent Advances in Dentistry for better Oral Health
A Study by Alkhansa Mahmoud et al. entitled "mRNA Expression of Somatostatin Receptors (1-5) in MCF7 and MDA-MB231 Breast Cancer Cells" is awarded Best Article of Vol 13 issue 06
A Study by Chen YY and Ghazali SRB entitled "Lifetime Trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder Symptoms and Early Adolescence Risk Factors for Poor Physical Health Outcome Among Malaysian Adolescents" is awarded Best Article of Vol 13 issue 04 Special issue on Current Updates in Plant Biology to Medicine to Healthcare Awareness in Malaysia
A Study by Kumari PM et al. entitled "Study to Evaluate the Adverse Drug Reactions in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in Tamilnadu - A Cross-Sectional Study" is awarded Best Article for Vol 13 issue 05
A Study by Anu et al. entitled "Effectiveness of Cytological Scoring Systems for Evaluation of Breast Lesion Cytology with its Histopathological Correlation" is awarded Best Article of Vol 13 issue 04
A Study by Sharipov R. Kh. et al. entitled "Interaction of Correction of Lipid Peroxidation Disorders with Oxibral" is awarded Best Article of Vol 13 issue 03
A Study by Tarek Elwakil et al. entitled "Led Light Photobiomodulation Effect on Wound Healing Combined with Phenytoin in Mice Model" is awarded Best Article of Vol 13 issue 02
A Study by Mohita Ray et al. entitled "Accuracy of Intra-Operative Frozen Section Consultation of Gastrointestinal Biopsy Samples in Correlation with the Final Histopathological Diagnosis" is awarded Best Article for Vol 13 issue 01
A Study by Badritdinova MN et al. entitled "Peculiarities of a Pain in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease in the Presence of Individual Combines of the Metabolic Syndrome" is awarded Best Article for Vol 12 issue 24
A Study by Sindhu Priya E S et al. entitled "Neuroprotective activity of Pyrazolone Derivatives Against Paraquat-induced Oxidative Stress and Locomotor Impairment in Drosophila melanogaster" is awarded Best Article for Vol 12 issue 23
A Study by Habiba Suhail et al. entitled "Effect of Majoon Murmakki in Dysmenorrhoea (Usre Tams): A Standard Controlled Clinical Study" is awarded Best Article for Vol 12 issue 22
A Study by Ghaffar UB et al. entitled "Correlation between Height and Foot Length in Saudi Population in Majmaah, Saudi Arabia" is awarded Best Article for Vol 12 issue 21
A Study by Siti Sarah Binti Maidin entitled "Sleep Well: Mobile Application to Address Sleeping Problems" is awarded Best Article for Vol 12 issue 20
A Study by Avijit Singh"Comparison of Post Operative Clinical Outcomes Between “Made in India” TTK Chitra Mechanical Heart Valve Versus St Jude Mechanical Heart Valve in Valve Replacement Surgery" is awarded Best Article for Vol 12 issue 19
A Study by Sonali Banerjee and Mary Mathews N. entitled "Exploring Quality of Life and Perceived Experiences Among Couples Undergoing Fertility Treatment in Western India: A Mixed Methodology" is awarded Best Article for Vol 12 issue 18
A Study by Jabbar Desai et al. entitled "Prevalence of Obstructive Airway Disease in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease and Hypertension" is awarded Best Article for Vol 12 issue 17
A Study by Juna Byun et al. entitled "Study on Difference in Coronavirus-19 Related Anxiety between Face-to-face and Non-face-to-face Classes among University Students in South Korea" is awarded Best Article for Vol 12 issue 16
A Study by Sudha Ramachandra & Vinay Chavan entitled "Enhanced-Hybrid-Age Layered Population Structure (E-Hybrid-ALPS): A Genetic Algorithm with Adaptive Crossover for Molecular Docking Studies of Drug Discovery Process" is awarded Best article for Vol 12 issue 15
A Study by Varsha M. Shindhe et al. entitled "A Study on Effect of Smokeless Tobacco on Pulmonary Function Tests in Class IV Workers of USM-KLE (Universiti Sains Malaysia-Karnataka Lingayat Education Society) International Medical Programme, Belagavi" is awarded Best article of Vol 12 issue 14, July 2020
A study by Amruta Choudhary et al. entitled "Family Planning Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Among Women of Reproductive Age from Rural Area of Central India" is awarded Best Article for special issue "Modern Therapeutics Applications"
A study by Raunak Das entitled "Study of Cardiovascular Dysfunctions in Interstitial Lung Diseas epatients by Correlating the Levels of Serum NT PRO BNP and Microalbuminuria (Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Dysfunction) with Echocardiographic, Bronchoscopic and HighResolution Computed Tomography Findings of These ILD Patients" is awarded Best Article of Vol 12 issue 13 
A Study by Kannamani Ramasamy et al. entitled "COVID-19 Situation at Chennai City – Forecasting for the Better Pandemic Management" is awarded best article for  Vol 12 issue 12
A Study by Muhammet Lutfi SELCUK and Fatma entitled "Distinction of Gray and White Matter for Some Histological Staining Methods in New Zealand Rabbit's Brain" is awarded best article for  Vol 12 issue 11
A Study by Anamul Haq et al. entitled "Etiology of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding in Adolescents – Emphasis Upon Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome" is awarded best article for  Vol 12 issue 10
A Study by entitled "Estimation of Reference Interval of Serum Progesterone During Three Trimesters of Normal Pregnancy in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Kolkata" is awarded best article for  Vol 12 issue 09
A Study by Ilona Gracie De Souza & Pavan Kumar G. entitled "Effect of Releasing Myofascial Chain in Patients with Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome - A Randomized Clinical Trial" is awarded best article for  Vol 12 issue 08
A Study by Virendra Atam et. al. entitled "Clinical Profile and Short - Term Mortality Predictors in Acute Stroke with Emphasis on Stress Hyperglycemia and THRIVE Score : An Observational Study" is awarded best article for  Vol 12 issue 07
A Study by K. Krupashree et. al. entitled "Protective Effects of Picrorhizakurroa Against Fumonisin B1 Induced Hepatotoxicity in Mice" is awarded best article for issue Vol 10 issue 20
A study by Mithun K.P. et al "Larvicidal Activity of Crude Solanum Nigrum Leaf and Berries Extract Against Dengue Vector-Aedesaegypti" is awarded Best Article for Vol 10 issue 14 of IJCRR
A study by Asha Menon "Women in Child Care and Early Education: Truly Nontraditional Work" is awarded Best Article for Vol 10 issue 13
A study by Deep J. M. "Prevalence of Molar-Incisor Hypomineralization in 7-13 Years Old Children of Biratnagar, Nepal: A Cross Sectional Study" is awarded Best Article for Vol 10 issue 11 of IJCRR
A review by Chitra et al to analyse relation between Obesity and Type 2 diabetes is awarded 'Best Article' for Vol 10 issue 10 by IJCRR. 
A study by Karanpreet et al "Pregnancy Induced Hypertension: A Study on Its Multisystem Involvement" is given Best Paper Award for Vol 10 issue 09

List of Awardees

A Study by Ese Anibor et al. "Evaluation of Temporomandibular Joint Disorders Among Delta State University Students in Abraka, Nigeria" from Vol 13 issue 16 received Emerging Researcher Award


A Study by Alkhansa Mahmoud et al. entitled "mRNA Expression of Somatostatin Receptors (1-5) in MCF7 and MDA-MB231 Breast Cancer Cells" from Vol 13 issue 06 received Emerging Researcher Award


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