Fig. 1
The overall design of present study. A Rheumatoid arthritis and four cardiovascular diseases traits, including atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, hear failure and stroke, were included in the present study; B Phenotypic correlations between rheumatoid arthritis and cardiovascular diseases were assessed in UK Biobank dataset; C Genetic correlation and polygenic overlap between rheumatoid arthritis and cardiovascular diseases were estimated using summary statistics. Abbreviations: AF, atrial fibrillation; CAD, coronary artery disease; HF, heart failure; RA, rheumatoid arthritis