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.
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Wiktionary (5.00 / 1 vote) Rate this definition: ancestor (Noun). One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather. ancestor (Noun). One who had the same role or function in former times. ancestor (Noun). An earlier type; a progenitor.