%0 Journal Article %T Prevalence of Asymptomatic Arterial Hypertension and Its Correlation with Inflammatory Activity in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis %A Ali Lahu %A Avni Kryeziu %A Bastri Durmishi %A Elton Bahtiri %A Halit Bajraktari %A Idriz Berisha %A Ismet H. Bajraktari %A Sylejman Rexhepi %J Archive of "Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences". %D 2017 %R 10.3889/oamjms.2017.146 %X Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease that worsens during the course of the disease and can cause disability. Early RA refers to the onset of symptoms within the past 3 months. In RA, increased levels of mediators of inflammation may cause arterial stiffness consequently leading to arterial hypertension %K Early Rheumatoid Arthritis %K Hypertension %K CRP %K ESR %K Anti CCP %K DAS-28 %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5591595/