Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk in Digital Osteoarthritis: A Case-control Study.
The goal of this cross-sectional case control study is to investigate the cardiovascular risk in digital osteoarthritis. This study aims to compare the cardiovascular risk between group of patients with digital osteoarthritis and control group of patients with non-osteoarthritis disease paired by measurement of carotid intima-media thickness. All participants will undergo an ultrasound scan to measure carotid intima media thickness, a clinical assessment with the rheumatologist and a cardiovascular risk assessment.
⁃ For all subjects:
• Adult male or female subject
• Able to give informed consent to participate in research
• Affiliated with a Social Security plan
⁃ For the digital osteoarthritis group:
• Consultant in Rheumatology at Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital
• Affected by digital osteoarthritis meeting ACR diagnostic criteria with radiographic signs of osteoarthritis validated by a radiologist.
⁃ For the control group :
• Rheumatology consultant at the Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital or hospitalized in this department for a non-arthritic, non-rheumatic pathology.
• Patients with spinal disc pathology (lumbago, radiculalgia due to disco-radicular conflict) or non-severe osteoporosis, i.e. with a densitometric T score between -2.5 and -3 DS.