Disease Activity in Spondyloarthropathy: Does it affect Vascular Health?

Background: Chronic inflammation in spondyloarthropathy (SpA) is associated with accelerated atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD). Flow mediated vasodilatation (FMD) and carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) detects endothelial dysfunction and subclinical atherosclerosis respectively, responsible for atherosclerotic CVD.

Objective: We aimed to examine the association of disease activity in SpA with surrogate markers of CVD, i.