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ArticleArchives of medical science : AMS2021

Prevalence and clinical association of the presence of anti-neutrophilic cytoplasmic antibody in systemic sclerosis.

Ajanee Mahakkanukrauh, Siraphop Suwannaroj, Ratanavadee Nanagara, Chingching Foocharoen

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Article in Archives of medical science : AMS, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ajanee MahakkanukrauhDivision of Allergy-Immunology-Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
Siraphop SuwannarojDivision of Allergy-Immunology-Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
Ratanavadee NanagaraDivision of Allergy-Immunology-Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
Chingching FoocharoenDivision of Allergy-Immunology-Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
Khon Kaen University · TH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionAnti-neutrophilic cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) has been reported in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Some clinical features of SSc can also be presented with ANCA-associated vasculitis. Objectives were to determine the prevalence and clinical associations with ANCA among Thais with SSc. MATERIAL AND

methodsA cross-sectional study of Thai adult SSc patients was conducted. According to the sample size calculation, 185 patients were included. Clinical and laboratory tests for serology and others for evaluation of the clinical association with ANCA were done simultaneously on the study date.

resultsThe female to male ratio was 2 : 1. The majority had the diffuse SSc subset (71.2%). The respective prevalence of having a) at least 1 serological test for ANCA (viz., perinuclear ANCA, cytoplasmic ANCA, anti-myeloperoxidase, or anti-proteinase3), b) positive for either p-ANCA or c-ANCA, c) positive for either anti-MPO or anti-PR3, d) p-ANCA and anti-MPO and e) c-ANCA and anti-PR3 was 21.6% (95% CI: 15.9-28.3), 11.9% (95% CI: 7.6-17.4) and 13.0% (95% CI: 8.5-18.7) and 1% (95% CI: 0.1-3.9). By multivariate analysis, the erythrocyte sedimentation rate elevation was significantly associated with the presence of the antibody (OR = 11.36, 95% CI: 1.44-83.65), while elevation of high sensitivity cardiac troponin-T (hs-cTnT) was significantly associated with the presence of either p-ANCA or c-ANCA (OR = 4.25, 95% CI: 1.41-15.34). None of the patients had clinical features of systemic vasculitis.

conclusionsAround one-fifth of SSc patients have detectible ANCA without any features of vasculitis. The presence of ANCA is associated with inflammation and myocardial injury. ANCA is not antibody specific for vasculitis in SSc.

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anti-neutrophilic cytoplasmic antibodysclerodermasystemic sclerosisvasculitis

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