“…115 Decrease in HDL-C levels, peripheral arteries diameters, and increase of blood wall shear stress in RA patients received infliximab therapy were also observed. 116 However, another study suggested that in active RA patients, infliximab therapy (3 mg kg À1 at weeks 0, 2, and 6) was associated with a significant increase of both TC and HDL-C levels, which correlated with decreasing disease activity. 19 While in patients with refractory, infliximab administration (3 mg kg À1 at weeks 0, 2, 6, 14, 22, and 30) associated with important increases in TC, LDL-C, HDL-C but has no significant beneficial effect on the atherogenic index (TC/ HDL-C, LDL-C/HDL-C).…”