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Observational studyImmunologic research2015

Metabolic syndrome and its relationship with the achievement of minimal disease activity state in psoriatic arthritis patients: an observational study.

Luisa Costa, Francesco Caso, Roberta Ramonda, Antonio Del Puente, Luca Cantarini, Md Abud Darda, Paolo Caso, Mariagrazia Lorenzin, Ugo Fiocco, Leonardo Punzi and 1 more

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Observational study in Immunologic research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11 authors.

Luisa CostaRheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University Federico II, via S. Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy, lv.costa@libero.it.
Francesco Caso
Roberta Ramonda
Antonio Del Puente
Luca Cantarini
Md Abud Darda
Paolo Caso
Mariagrazia Lorenzin
Ugo Fiocco
Leonardo Punzi
Raffaele Scarpa

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the study was to evaluate the influence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) on achieving minimal disease activity (MDA) in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients treated with anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α with a follow-up period of 24 months. A cohort of PsA patients was assessed at the University Federico II of Naples and at University of Padova. For the aim of the present study, patients' data were collected at baseline (T0), at 12 months (T1) and at 24 months (T2). Assessment of metabolic and disease activity parameters was performed at each visit. The NCEP-ACT III criteria were used to identify subjects with MetS and the MDA criteria to evaluate the disease activity. On the basis of the exclusion and inclusion criteria, 330 subjects were included in the study; 134 patients (40.7%) were classified as not having MetS and 196 (59.3%) as having MetS. An inverse association was found between presence of metabolic syndrome and the probability of achieving MDA. Univariate analysis indicated that patients with metabolic syndrome were less likely to achieve MDA than patients without metabolic syndrome (OR 0.45, p < 0.001). This inverse association remained statistically significant in the multivariate regression model (OR 0.56, p < 0.001). Metabolic syndrome is associated with a lower probability of achieving MDA in PsA patients in therapy with anti-TNF-α.

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AdultAntibodies, MonoclonalArthritis, PsoriaticDisease ProgressionFemaleHumansMaleMetabolic SyndromeMiddle AgedOdds RatioProspective StudiesRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness IndexTreatment OutcomeTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaAntibodies, MonoclonalTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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