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.
An old woman, especially one who is considered ugly. Middle English, grandmother: bel, indicating respect (from Old French bel, fine, from Latin bellus; see deu- 2 in Indo-European roots) + dame, lady; see Dame. Origin of beldam.