We also illustrated the application of the proposed method to the Prospective Study of Outcomes in Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) (PSOAS) data to address the issues of censored or missingC-reactive protein (CRP) level at early visits for a group of patients.
Receiver-operating characteristic analysis showed better diagnostic accuracy of miRNA-5196 expression both in RA (area under curve (AUC) = 0.87, p = 0.055) and AS patients (AUC = 0.90, p = 0.050) compared to CRP levels in RA (AUC = 0.75, p = 0.201) and AS patients (AUC = 0.85, p = 0.086) upon biologic therapy treatment.
In a previous phase, 12 draft definitions for clinically important worsening in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) were selected, of which 3 were based on absolute changes in Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS)-CRP (ASDAS).
Laboratory and clinical assessments were based on erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C-reactive protein (CRP), Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS)-CRP, and Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI).
Among previously known predictors, baseline AS-related spinal radiographic alterations predicted radiographic progression in both sexes, high CRP was a predictor in men (with a trend in women) and smoking was a predictor only in men.
There were significant differences of the level of WBC (white blood cell), Platelets, CRP (C-reactive protein) and ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate) between AS patients and controls (P<sub>all</sub><0.05).
Patients had determinations of disease activity through C reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) and Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS)-CRP.
AS patients were divided into active group (n = 30) and inactive group (n = 28) according to Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS) with C-reactive protein (CRP).
To assess the validity of Assessment in Spondyloarthritis International Society (ASAS) endorsed Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS) C-reactive protein (-CRP) and ASDAS erythrocyte sedimentation rate (-ESR) in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and to estimate the cut-off values for male and female patients with axSpA.
Fewer patients with increased C-reactive protein levels, less extensive structural damage, slower radiographic progression, and significantly lower Bath AS Metrology and Bath AS Functional Indices were reported for nr-axSpA than for AS.
The Bath AS Function Index and Bath AS Disease Activity Index were assessed in AS patients and levels of erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein were measured in AS and healthy groups.
To analyze the alteration of lipid profile and inflammatory markers in the serum of patients with gouty arthritis (GA), the levels of serum lipid profile, C-reactive protein (CRP), and erythrocyte sedimentation rates (ESRs) were measured in the serum of 69 gout patients, 35 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), 23 patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS)/spondyloarthropathy (SpA), and 25 patients with osteoarthritis (OA).
Compared with the carriers of G/G genotype, remarkably elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and serum C-reactive protein were observed in AS patients with G/A variant (87.06±49.40 vs. 55.53±42.99mm/h, P=.0126; 54.95±27.77 vs. 34.36±36.13mg/dl, P=.0116, respectively), and they always presented with inflammatory spinal pain (70.00% vs. 43.33%, P=0.0214) and suffered relatively mild sacroiliitis (65.00% vs. 41.67%, P=0.0431).
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-reactive protein, and ASDAS correlated with MRI inflammatory scores in nr-axSpA but not in AS. sCTX-I correlated with MRI-determined SIJ inflammatory scores in AS only.
The joint swelling score, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), and C-reactive protein (CRP) level of AS patients were compared before and after 24-week etanercept treatment.
SpA patients had determination of Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI), Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS)-CRP, Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index (BASFI), C reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), and review of their clinical profile.
Efficacy outcomes were SpondyloArthritis International Society (ASAS) 20/40, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), ASAS5/6, Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index, Short Form-36 physical component summary, AS quality of life (QoL), ASAS partial remission, and Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score - CRP at Weeks 16 and 52.
The present results demonstrated that M2 type polarized monocytes are predominant in the peripheral blood in AS and the M2/M1 ratio is correlated with structural damage (mSASSS), inflammatory biomarkers (ESR and CRP) and BASDAI.
Dkk-1 levels were significantly (P<0.05) higher in AS patients with elevated ESR and CRP and no syndesmophytes, and were significantly (P<0.001) correlated with sclerostin levels (r=0.592).
In those with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and osteoarthritis (OA), NLR and MLR positively correlated with erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and CRP.
The BASDAI activity, BASFI functional index, BASMI measurement score, and the levels of CRP and ESR were measured during the treatment of patients with active AS.
Considering the relationship between ASAS HI and the Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS)-CRP, the aim of this study is to establish the ASAS HI cut-off values for functioning categories employing the ASDAS-CRP disease activity states in axSpA patients.