PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Ikdahl, Eirik AU - Stensrud, Mats Julius TI - Re-evaluating the mythical divide between traditional and novel cardiovascular risk factors in rheumatoid arthritis AID - 10.1136/rmdopen-2023-003954 DP - 2024 Mar 01 TA - RMD Open PG - e003954 VI - 10 IP - 1 4099 - http://rmdopen.bmj.com/content/10/1/e003954.short 4100 - http://rmdopen.bmj.com/content/10/1/e003954.full SO - RMD Open2024 Mar 01; 10 AB - Cardiovascular (CV) risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are conventionally classified as ‘traditional‘ and ‘novel‘. We argue that this classification is obsolete and potentially counterproductive. Further, we discuss problems with the common practice of adjusting for traditional CV risk factors in statistical analyses. These analyses do not target well-defined effects of RA on CV risk. Ultimately, we propose a future direction for cardiorheumatology research that prioritises optimising current treatments and identifying novel therapeutic targets over further categorisation of well-known risk factors.