Common involvement of inflammation can account in part for the strong association between rheumatoid arthritis and cardiovascular disease. Statins have both lipid-modifying and anti-inflammatory effects and are established in the general prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease; their role in rheumatoid arthritis, however, is only more recently being explored.
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Lee, J., Choudhury, R. RA—lowering cardiovascular risk with statins. Nat Rev Rheumatol 6, 123–124 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrrheum.2010.18
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