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1 INTRODUCTION Evidence from epidemiological, genetic, pathology and clinical intervention studies has shown that low-density lipoproteins (LDLs) are causal in atherogenesis, a chronic inflammatory disease that triggers most cardiovascular events.1, 2 However, despite the efficacy of LDL-lowering therapies, residual cardiovascular risk remains, which can be partly associated to high triglyceride (TG) levels.3 Plasma TG concentration is a biomarker of a family of lipoproteins, the...

1. Introduction Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by a systemic inflammatory state that mainly affects the joint synovium. However, the systemic disturbance characteristic of the disease also causes problems beyond the joints, such as cardiovascular (CV) disease, which is associated with increased morbidity and mortality.