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ArticleClinical rheumatology2025

Interaction of nutritional and inflammatory levels on all-cause mortality among individuals with rheumatoid arthritis: a prospective cohort study.

Zhuang Ma, Shixin Wu, Lin-En Xiong, Juncheng Zhong, Baiwen Lin, Liangkai Chen, Ting Xiong, Yuanjue Wu

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Zhuang MaSchool of Public Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 51136, China.
Shixin WuSchool of Public Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 51136, China.
Lin-En XiongSchool of Public Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 51136, China.
Juncheng ZhongSchool of Public Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 51136, China.
Baiwen LinSchool of Public Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 51136, China.
Liangkai ChenDepartment of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Hubei Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety and the Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, China.
Ting XiongDepartment of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 511436, China.
Yuanjue WuDepartment of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 511436, China. wyj@gzhmu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-1789-832X

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Guangzhou Science and Technology Plan Project 202201011543National Natural Science Foundation of China 81903313National Natural Science Foundation of China 82103835Plans to enhance scientific research in GMU 02-410-2302253XMPlans to enhance scientific research in GMU 02-410-2405091
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backgroundMalnutrition and systemic inflammation are frequently prevalent in individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, limited studies have explored the combined impacts of nutritional and inflammatory levels on all-cause mortality among RA. This study is aimed at investigating these potential associations.

methodsWe involved 2213 RA patients from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2001-2018). Nutritional risk index (NRI) and systemic inflammatory response index (SIRI) were used to evaluate the nutritional and inflammatory status of participants, respectively. Weight-based Kaplan-Meier survival curves and COX proportional hazard models were employed to ascertain the independent and joint association.

resultsOver a median follow-up of 7.98 years, 544 deaths occurred. Following the adjustment for confounding factors, we found that individuals with moderate/severe malnutrition (HR, 2.13; 95%CI, 1.50-3.03) or high SIRI (HR, 1.49; 95%CI, 1.07-2.07) were independently associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality. Furthermore, the simultaneous moderate/severe malnutrition and high SIRI further elevated the mortality risk (HR, 2.34; 95%CI, 1.53-3.56). An additive interaction was observed between malnutrition and high SIRI, yielding an excess risk of 0.34 (95%CI 0.06-0.62, P = 0.014), and the attributable proportion for the interaction was 20.9% (95%CI 7.6-34.2%).

conclusionsThis research indicated that malnutrition and high systemic inflammation levels were independent risk factors for the prognosis of RA patients, and co-occurrence can further deteriorate the prognosis. Our findings highlight the importance of maintaining nutrition and anti-inflammation in patients with RA, providing new insights into the prognosis of RA patients.

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Arthritis, RheumatoidInflammationMalnutritionNutritional StatusAdultAgedCause of DeathFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNutrition SurveysProportional Hazards ModelsProspective StudiesRisk FactorsAll-cause mortalityInflammationNHANESNutritionRheumatoid arthritis

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