Research Article: Is Serum Uric Acid Level Associated with Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Abstract:
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic and destructive disease of the joints. Disease activity in patients with RA represents the ultimate measure that guides various therapeutic interventions, other goals including quality of life represented by HAQ and radiographic erosions. Many studies have investigated the role of other factors in disease activity. Long-standing RA and comorbidities were associated with higher disease activity. In another study, smoking was found to be associated with worse disease activity. Disease activity was found to be worse in females compared to males. Reduction of Rheumatoid Factor (RF) and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies (ACPA) were closely linked to a reduction of disease activity.
Introduction:
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic and destructive disease of the joints. Disease activity in patients with RA represents the ultimate measure that guides various therapeutic interventions, other goals including quality of life represented by HAQ and radiographic erosions. Many studies have investigated the role of other factors in disease activity. Long-standing RA and comorbidities were associated with higher disease activity. In another study, smoking was found to be associated with worse disease activity.…
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