OBJECTIVE: To investigate the incidence of noncardiac vascular disease in a community-based incidence cohort of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and compare it to that in the general population and to investigate trends in the incidence of noncardiac vascular disease in patients with RA.
Grandmother. GRANDMOTHER, domestic relations. The mother of one's father or mother. The father's mother is called the paternal grandmother; the mother's mother is the maternal grandmother. 1  Facebook.
What is a great aunt? Paternal is used to refer to anything pertaining to one's father. Maternal refers to the mother, so while a person's paternal grandparents are on the father's side, the maternal grandparents are those found on the mother's side of the family.