1. Serum hepcidin level and rheumatoid arthritis disease activity
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Sahebari, Maryam, Rezaieyazdi, Zahra, Hashemy, Seyed Isaac, Khorasani, Sahar, Shahgordi, Sanaz, Alizadeh, Mohammad Karim, Ghaeni, Abdolmomen, and Khodashahi, Mandana
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musculoskeletal diseases ,0301 basic medicine ,lcsh:Immunologic diseases. Allergy ,medicine.medical_specialty ,DAS28-ESR ,Gastroenterology ,03 medical and health sciences ,anemia of chronic disease ,Hepcidin ,Interquartile range ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,In patient ,Rheumatoid arthritis ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,030109 nutrition & dietetics ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,biology ,business.industry ,Significant difference ,medicine.disease ,anemia ,030104 developmental biology ,inflammation ,Erythrocyte sedimentation rate ,biology.protein ,Original Article ,hepcidin ,business ,lcsh:RC581-607 ,Rheumatoid arthritis disease activity ,Anemia of chronic disease - Abstract
Objective The present study aimed to determine the relationship between the serum hepcidin level and disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods This study was conducted on 80 patients with RA (36 cases with anemia of chronic disease [ACD] and 44 patients without ACD). Disease activity was measured by the 28-joint Disease Activity Score based on the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (DAS28-ESR). According to the DAS28-ESR score, 52 and 28 cases were categorized as inactive to moderately active RA (DAS28-ESR≤5.1) and highly active RA (DAS28-ESR>5.1), respectively. In addition, the serum hepcidin level was evaluated in all patients to determine its correlation with the DAS28-ESR score. Results There was no significant difference between the RA with ACD and RA without ACD groups in terms of the median (interquartile range) hepcidin level (1207 [985.2] vs. 923.8 [677.3] ng/mL; P=0.57). Likewise, no significant difference was observed between the active RA and inactive to moderately active RA groups in this regard (1131.8 [991.3] vs. 1090.9 [631.4] ng/mL; P=0.53). Conclusion Hepcidin has no association with disease activity in RA. Therefore, it is not necessary to measure hepcidin to determine the RA activity.
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- 2018