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Polo Y la Borda J, Castañeda S, Sánchez-Alonso F, Plaza Z, García-Gómez C, Ferraz-Amaro I, Erausquin C, Valls-García R, Fábregas MD, Delgado-Frías E, Mas AJ, González-Juanatey C, Llorca J, González-Gay MA. Combined use of QRISK3 and SCORE2 increases identification of ankylosing spondylitis patients at high cardiovascular risk: Results from the CARMA Project cohort after 7.5 years of follow-up. Semin Arthritis Rheum 2024; 66:152442. [PMID: 38555727 DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2024] [Revised: 03/14/2024] [Accepted: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/02/2024]
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OBJECTIVE To establish the predictive value of the QRESEARCH risk estimator version 3 (QRISK3) algorithm in identifying Spanish patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) at high risk of cardiovascular (CV) events and CV mortality. We also sought to determine whether to combine QRISK3 with another CV risk algorithm: the traditional SCORE, the modified SCORE (mSCORE) EULAR 2015/2016 or the SCORE2 may increase the identification of AS patients with high-risk CV disease. METHODS Information of 684 patients with AS from the Spanish prospective CARdiovascular in ReuMAtology (CARMA) project who at the time of the initial visit had no history of CV events and were followed in rheumatology outpatient clinics of tertiary centers for 7.5 years was reviewed. The risk chart algorithms were retrospectively tested using baseline data. RESULTS After 4,907 years of follow-up, 33 AS patients had experienced CV events. Linearized rate=6.73 per 1000 person-years (95 % CI: 4.63, 9.44). The four CV risk scales were strongly correlated. QRISK3 correctly discriminated between people with lower and higher CV risk, although the percentage of accumulated events over 7.5 years was clearly lower than expected according to the risk established by QRISK3. Also, mSCORE EULAR 2015/2016 showed the same discrimination ability as SCORE, although the percentage of predicted events was clearly higher than the percentage of actual events. SCORE2 also had a strong discrimination capacity according to CV risk. Combining QRISK3 with any other scale improved the model. This was especially true for the combination of QRISK3 and SCORE2 which achieved the lowest AIC (406.70) and BIC (415.66), so this combination would be the best predictive model. CONCLUSIONS In patients from the Spanish CARMA project, the four algorithms tested accurately discriminated those AS patients with higher CV risk and those with lower CV risk. Moreover, a model that includes QRISK3 and SCORE2 combined the best discrimination ability of QRISK3 with the best calibration of SCORE2.
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- Jessica Polo Y la Borda
- Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Rey Juan Carlos, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IIS)-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
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- Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Spain
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- Research Unit, Fundación Española de Reumatología, Madrid, Spain
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- Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain; Deparment of Internal Medicine, Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), Tenerife, Spain
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- Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Dr. Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Palamós, Girona, Spain
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- Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Barbastro, Huesca, Spain
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- Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Son Llatzer, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Division of Cardiology, Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Spain; Biodiscovery HULA-USC Group, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela IDIS, Lugo, Spain
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- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP) and Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain (currently retired)
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- Division of Rheumatology, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain; Medicine and Psychiatry Department, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain.
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Cobo-Ibáñez T, Sánchez-Piedra C, Nuño-Nuño L, Castellví I, Carrión-Barberà I, Romero-Bueno F, Narváez J, Trallero-Araguás E, Tomero E, Ruiz-Lucea ME, Larena C, Carrasco Cubero C, Jovaní V, Barbadillo C, Sivera F, Belzunegui J, Pérez Gómez A, Gómez Gómez A, Delgado-Frías E, Pego-Reigosa JM, Joven B, Ibáñez M, Martínez-González O, Ruiz-Román A, Camins J, Ortega-Castro R, Trenor Larra P, Rodríguez López M, Freire M, Alcocer P, Holgado S, Rúa-Figueroa I, Lozano N, Martínez-Barrio J. Myo-Spain: Spanish Registry of patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy. Methodology. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2021; 18:253-259. [PMID: 34400117 DOI: 10.1016/j.reumae.2021.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To describe the methods of the Spanish Registry of patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) (Myo-Spain), as well as its strengths and limitations. The main objective of the project is to analyse the evolution and clinical management of a cohort of patients with IIM. METHODS Observational, longitudinal, ambispective and multicentre study of a cohort of patients with IIM seen in rheumatology units in Spain. All patients with a diagnosis of IMM will be included in the regular follow-up of the participating centres, regardless of age on initiation of the process. Incident cases will be all patients who at the beginning of the study have been diagnosed for less than 12 months and prevalent cases for more than 12 months. The registry will include data from the visit at baseline, one year and two years. Socio-demographic, clinical, analytical variables, complications, comorbidities, association with other rheumatic diseases, hospital admissions, mortality and treatments will be collected. In addition, indices, scales and questionnaires of activity, muscle involvement, damage, disability, and quality of life will be determined. The recruitment period will be 23 months. The purpose is to obtain a cohort of 400 patients with IMM. CONCLUSIONS Myo-Spain registry provides the opportunity to develop a cohort of incident and prevalent patients with IMM in Spain. Myo-Spain will be able to assess in detail the clinical characteristics of the disease at different times. The comprehensive information collected during the visits is expected to provide a broad source of data for future analysis.
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- Tatiana Cobo-Ibáñez
- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía, Universidad Europea, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital La Princesa, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital General Universitario de Elda, Elda, Spain
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastián, Spain
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, Spain
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía, Universidad Europea, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain, Grupo IRIDIS (Investigation in Rheumatology and Immunemediated Diseases) Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Galicia Sur (IISGS)
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Son Llàtzer, Mallorca, Spain
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital General de Granollers, Granollers, Spain
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Universidad de Córdoba, Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), Córdoba, Spain
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario HM Sanchinarro, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrín, Las Palmas, Spain
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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Cobo-Ibáñez T, Sánchez-Piedra C, Nuño-Nuño L, Castellví I, Carrión-Barberà I, Romero-Bueno F, Narváez J, Trallero-Araguás E, Tomero E, Ruiz-Lucea ME, Larena C, Carrasco Cubero C, Jovaní V, Barbadillo C, Sivera F, Belzunegui J, Pérez Gómez A, Gómez Gómez A, Delgado-Frías E, Pego-Reigosa JM, Joven B, Ibáñez M, Martínez-González O, Ruiz-Román A, Camins J, Ortega-Castro R, Trenor Larra P, Rodríguez López M, Freire M, Alcocer P, Holgado S, Rúa-Figueroa I, Lozano N, Martínez-Barrio J. Myo-Spain: Spanish Registry of Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy. Methodology. Reumatol Clin (Engl Ed) 2021; 18:S1699-258X(21)00065-6. [PMID: 33867271 DOI: 10.1016/j.reuma.2021.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Revised: 01/19/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To describe the methods of the Spanish Registry of patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) (Myo-Spain), as well as its strengths and limitations. The main objective of the project is to analyse the evolution and clinical management of a cohort of patients with IIM. METHODS Observational, longitudinal, ambispective and multicentre study of a cohort of patients with IIM seen in rheumatology units in Spain. All patients with a diagnosis of IMM will be included in the regular follow-up of the participating centres, regardless of age on initiation of the process. Incident cases will be all patients who at the beginning of the study have been diagnosed for less than 12 months and prevalent cases for more than 12 months. The registry will include data from the visit at baseline, one year and two years. Socio-demographic, clinical, analytical variables, complications, comorbidities, association with other rheumatic diseases, hospital admissions, mortality and treatments will be collected. In addition, indices, scales and questionnaires of activity, muscle involvement, damage, disability, and quality of life will be determined. The recruitment period will be 23 months. The purpose is to obtain a cohort of 400 patients with IMM. CONCLUSIONS Myo-Spain registry provides the opportunity to develop a cohort of incident and prevalent patients with IMM in Spain. Myo-Spain will be able to assess in detail the clinical characteristics of the disease at different times. The comprehensive information collected during the visits is expected to provide a broad source of data for future analysis.
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- Tatiana Cobo-Ibáñez
- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía, Universidad Europea, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital La Princesa, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, España
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital General Universitario de Elda, Elda, España
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastián, España
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, España
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía, Universidad Europea, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, España
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, España, Grupo IRIDIS (Investigation in Rheumatology and Immunemediated Diseases) Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Galicia Sur (IISGS)
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Son Llàtzer, Mallorca, España
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital General de Granollers, Granollers, España
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Universidad de Córdoba. Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), Córdoba, España
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, España
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, España
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario HM Sanchinarro, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrín, Las Palmas, España
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, España
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España
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Ferraz-Amaro I, Delgado-Frías E, Hernández-Hernández V, Sánchez-Pérez H, de Armas-Rillo L, Armas-González E, Machado JD, Diaz-González F. HDL cholesterol efflux capacity and lipid profile in patients with systemic sclerosis. Arthritis Res Ther 2021; 23:62. [PMID: 33622410 PMCID: PMC7901093 DOI: 10.1186/s13075-021-02443-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2020] [Accepted: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE It is well established that patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) have a disrupted lipid profile and an increased cardiovascular risk. Cholesterol efflux capacity (CEC), the ability of high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol to accept cholesterol from macrophages, has been linked to cardiovascular events. The aim of this study was to establish whether CEC and lipid profile were impaired in SSc patients with respect to controls and whether these changes were associated with disease-related data. METHODS Cross-sectional study encompassed 188 individuals: 73 SSc patients and 115 controls. CEC, using an in vitro assay, and lipoprotein serum concentrations were assessed in patients and controls. A multivariable analysis was performed to study the differences in CEC between patients and controls, and if SSc-related data could explain such differences. RESULTS The multivariable analysis adjusted for demographic characteristics, cardiovascular risk factors, and lipid-related molecules showed that total cholesterol (beta coefficient: - 22 [95%CI - 37 to - 7], p = 0.004), triglycerides (beta coefficient: 24 [95%CI 2-47], p = 0.033), lipoprotein A (beta coefficient: 22 [95%CI 2-43], p = 0.033), and CEC (beta coefficient: - 6 [95%CI - 10 to - 2]%,p = 0.002) were significantly different between patients and controls. Skin thickness, as assessed by modified Rodnan skin score, was independently associated with a lower CEC (beta coefficient: - 0.21 [95%CI - 0.37 to - 0.05]%, p = 0.011) after multivariable adjustment. CONCLUSION SSc patients show an abnormal lipid profile with respect to controls including CEC. Skin thickness is independent and inversely associated with CEC in SSc patients.
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- Iván Ferraz-Amaro
- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, C/Ofra s/n, 38320, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, C/Ofra s/n, 38320, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, C/Ofra s/n, 38320, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, C/Ofra s/n, 38320, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, C/Ofra s/n, 38320, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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- Departamento de Farmacología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, C/Ofra s/n, 38320, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
- Departamento de Medicina Interna, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain.
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Genre F, Rueda-Gotor J, Quevedo-Abeledo JC, Corrales A, Hernández-Hernández V, Fañanas-Rodríguez N, Lavín-Gómez B, Delgado-Frías E, de Vera-González A, González-Delgado A, de Armas-Rillo L, García-Unzueta MT, González-Gay MÁ, Ferraz-Amaro I. Insulin resistance in non-diabetes patients with spondyloarthritis. Scand J Rheumatol 2020; 49:476-483. [PMID: 32648492 DOI: 10.1080/03009742.2020.1751272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Objectives: Insulin resistance (IR) constitutes a major underlying abnormality driving cardiovascular disease in the general population and has been linked to inflammatory diseases. In this study, we aimed to determine the prevalence of IR in patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA) and whether IR can be explained by disease-related features in such cases. Method: The study included 577 subjects: 306 patients diagnosed with SpA according to Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society criteria and 271 controls. Insulin and C-peptide serum levels, IR and β-cell function (%B) indices by homoeostatic model assessment (HOMA2), and lipid profiles were assessed in patients and controls. A multivariable regression analysis was performed to evaluate the differences in IR indices between patients and controls and to determine how IR is associated with disease-related characteristics in SpA patients. Results: HOMA2-%B and HOMA2-IR scores, both calculated with insulin or C-peptide, had significantly higher values in SpA patients compared to controls in multivariable analysis adjusted for age, gender, traditional IR-related factors, and glucocorticoid intake. Disease activity, functional status, and metrological SpA indices were positively related to IR, but only in univariable analysis. Disease duration and positivity for human leucocyte antigen-B27 were independently associated with a higher HOMA2-%B after multivariable analysis. Conclusion: Patients with SpA have an increased IR compared to controls. SpA disease-related data are independently associated with β-cell dysfunction.
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- F Genre
- Epidemiology, Genetics and Atherosclerosis Research Group on Systemic Inflammatory Diseases, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, IDIVAL , Santander, Spain
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- Division of Rheumatology, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital , Santander, Spain
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- Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Gran Canaria Dr Negrin , Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Division of Rheumatology, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital , Santander, Spain
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- Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital of the Canary Islands , Tenerife, Spain
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- Division of Endocrinology, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital , Santander, Spain
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- Division of Endocrinology, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital , Santander, Spain
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- Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital of the Canary Islands , Tenerife, Spain
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- Central Laboratory Division, University Hospital of the Canary Islands , Tenerife, Spain
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- Central Laboratory Division, University Hospital of the Canary Islands , Tenerife, Spain
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- Department of Health Sciences, European University of the Canary Islands , Tenerife, Spain
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- Division of Endocrinology, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital , Santander, Spain
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- Epidemiology, Genetics and Atherosclerosis Research Group on Systemic Inflammatory Diseases, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, IDIVAL , Santander, Spain.,Division of Rheumatology, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital , Santander, Spain.,School of Medicine, University of Cantabria , Santander, Spain.,Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand , Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital of the Canary Islands , Tenerife, Spain
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Rueda-Gotor J, Quevedo-Abeledo JC, Corrales A, Genre F, Hernández-Hernández V, Delgado-Frías E, González-Gay MÁ, Ferraz-Amaro I. Reclassification into very-high cardiovascular risk after carotid ultrasound in patients with axial spondyloarthritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2020; 38:724-731. [PMID: 32083538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2019] [Accepted: 09/02/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Subclinical atherosclerosis, defined as the presence of carotid plaques, is more frequently found in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) than in healthy individuals. We sought to determine whether axSpA patients are more commonly reclassified into the very high cardiovascular risk category than controls after performing carotid ultrasound and if this can be linked to disease characteristics. METHODS 343 patients diagnosed with axSpA according to ASAS criteria and 177 controls were studied. Disease characteristics and Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE) were assessed in patients and controls. Presence of plaques and intima-media thickness (cIMT) was determined by carotid ultrasound. Multivariable regression analysis was performed to identify differences in the frequency of reclassification between patients and controls, as well as factors associated with reclassification in axSpA. RESULTS Carotid plaques (36% vs.25%, p=0.010) and higher cIMT (0.641± 0.121 vs. 0.602± 0.115 mm, p=0.001) were more common in patients than controls. Reclassification into the high-risk category was greater in patients (34% vs. 25%, p=0.037). Age (beta coefficient 2.74 [95%CI 1.34-5.62] vs. beta coef. 0.63 (95%CI 0.40-0.99) in patients, interaction p=0.001) and serum LDL-cholesterol (beta coef. 1.03 [95%CI 1.02-1.04] vs. beta coef. 1.00 [0.99-1.01], interaction p=0.029) showed a higher effect on reclassification in controls after multivariable analysis. Although reclassification in axSpA was associated with higher ASDAS-CRP, BASFI and BASMI scores, these associations were lost after adjusting for cardiovascular risk factors. CONCLUSIONS Patients with axSpA are more likely to be reclassified into the very-high risk category after carotid ultrasound than controls. The influence of traditional cardiovascular risk factors on this reclassification differs between patients and controls.
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- Javier Rueda-Gotor
- Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
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- Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
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- Epidemiology, Genetics and Atherosclerosis Research Group on Systemic Inflammatory Diseases, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
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- Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander; Epidemiology, Genetics and Atherosclerosis Research Group on Systemic Inflammatory Diseases, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander; School of Medicine, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain; and Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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- Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain
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Ferraz-Amaro I, Delgado-Frías E, Hernández-Hernández V, Sánchez-Pérez H, de Armas-Rillo L, García-Dopico JA, Díaz-González F. Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 in patients with systemic sclerosis. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2020; 38 Suppl 125:18-24. [PMID: 32324120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2019] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) is a serine protease that regulates cholesterol metabolism through low-density lipoprotein receptor degradation, and which has been linked to cardiovascular risk. The purpose of the present study was to examine whether PCSK9 serum levels are disrupted in patients with systemic sclerosis (SS) compared to controls, and if PCSK9 is related to disease-related data and the subclinical atherosclerosis that occurs in these patients. METHODS Cross-sectional study that encompassed 146 individuals; 73 patients with SS and 73 age- and sex-matched controls. PCSK9, lipoproteins serum concentrations, and standard lipid profiles were assessed in patients and controls. Carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) and the presence of carotid plaques were evaluated in SS patients. A multivariable analysis, adjusted for traditional cardiovascular risk factors, was performed to evaluate the differences in PCSK9 between patients and controls, the association of SS-related manifestations with PCSK9 levels, and if PCSK9 was associated with subclinical carotid atherosclerosis in SS patients. RESULTS After multivariable analysis, PCSK9 was downregulated in SS patients compared to controls (beta coefficient -78 (95%CI -106 - -50) ng/ml, p=0.000) and skin thickness was associated with higher serum levels of PCSK9 (beta coef. 22 (7-37) units, p=0.005). PCSK9 was significantly and positively associated with cIMT (beta coef. 0.65 (0.06-1.24) ng/ml, p=0.031) in SS patients after multivariable adjustment. CONCLUSIONS PCSK9 serum concentration is downregulated in SS patients compared to controls and is directly associated with disease severity subrogated parameters. PCSK9 was independently related to cIMT in SS patients.
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- Ivan Ferraz-Amaro
- Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain
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- Division of Central Laboratory, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain
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- Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Tenerife, and Department of Internal Medicine, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de La Laguna, Spain.
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Ferraz-Amaro I, Hernández-Hernández MV, Tejera-Segura B, Delgado-Frías E, Macía-Díaz M, Machado JD, Diaz-González F. Effect of IL-6 Receptor Blockade on Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type-9 and Cholesterol Efflux Capacity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients. Horm Metab Res 2019; 51:200-209. [PMID: 30695794 DOI: 10.1055/a-0833-4627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The aim of the work was to examine whether abnormalities in the lipid profile that tocilizumab (TCZ), an anti-IL-6 receptor Ab, exerts in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients is related to changes in either proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin-9 (PCSK9) serum concentrations or in serum cholesterol efflux capacity (CEC). TOCRIVAR is a one-year prospective clinical trial that analyzes the influence of TCZ on cardiovascular risk factors. Twenty-seven RA patients receiving TCZ (8 mg/kg IV/q4w) were assessed at baseline and weeks 12, 24, and 52. Disease activity indexes, adiposity composition, physical activity, serum CEC, PCSK9, and lipoproteins serum concentrations were assessed at every visit. Basal high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and disease activity were markedly reduced throughout one-year TCZ treatment. While initially total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol increased their plasma concentration, decreasing to basal afterwards, lipoprotein(a) was significantly lower than basal in all visits of the study. CEC increased after 24 week of treatment proportionally to hs-CRP reduction, and remained significantly higher after week 52 [median % change 32 (3-141), p=0.021]. Interestingly, variations in LDL cholesterol basal concentration along the one year of TCZ treatment correlated directly with changes of PCSK9 serum concentration (r=0.37, p=0.003). Basal abdominal adiposity, BMI, and physical activity remained stable during the study. Long-term TCZ-treated RA patients show an increment in CEC inversely proportional to hs-CRP reduction and changes in LDL cholesterol that might be explained, at least in part, by variations in PCSK9 plasma concentration. Overall, TCZ treatment produces a favorable qualitative net effect in terms of atherogenic implication in RA patients.
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- Iván Ferraz-Amaro
- Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain
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- Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain
- Department of Internal Medicine, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain
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Delgado-Frías E, González-Gay MA, Muñiz-Montes JR, Gómez Rodríguez-Bethencourt MA, González-Díaz A, Díaz-González F, Ferraz-Amaro I. Relationship of abdominal adiposity and body composition with endothelial dysfunction in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2015; 33:516-523. [PMID: 26148347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2014] [Accepted: 03/13/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVES We aimed to investigate whether the abnormalities in body composition and abdominal fat that occur in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are associated with the presence of endothelial dysfunction. METHODS Cross-sectional study that encompassed 197 women (100 RA patients and 97 age-matched controls). Patients and controls were evaluated to establish endothelial function by brachial artery flow-mediated dilatation (FMD). Dual-x-ray-absorptiometry-derived body composition and abdominal adiposity by magnetic resonance imaging were assessed. Multiple regression analysis was performed to study the relationship between body composition and endothelial function. RESULTS FMD was higher in controls compared to RA patients (8.5 [4.5-15.6] % vs. 5.3 [0.0-9.2] %, p=0.00). Appendicular-to-total lean mass ratio (0.42 ± 0.02 vs. 0.40 ± 0.03, p=0.00) and appendicular-to-trunk lean mass (0.82 ± 0.08 vs. 0.78 ± 0.08, p=0.00) were lower in RA patients. Visceral and subcutaneous abdominal fat tissues did not differ between patients and controls. Body mass index over 30 kg/m2 was common in patients and controls (44 and 32%). High sarcopenia tended to be more elevated in RA after multivariate adjustment (13% vs. 7%, p=0.06). Fat mass index showed a negative association (per standard deviation-SD-), after adjusting for comorbidity, with FMD in controls (beta coef. -0.45[-1.05-0.05], p=0.03) but not in patients. Overfat definition (beta coef. -0.81[-1.73-0.00], p=0.05) and visceral fat (per SD beta coef. -0.60 [-1.18-0.02], p=0.04) were associated with a lower FMD values in controls but not in RA patients. Trend analysis revealed that sarcopenia was related to increased endothelial dysfunction in both patients and controls. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that fat accumulation is not associated with endothelial dysfunction in RA patients. However, RA patients with sarcopenia are more likely to suffer endothelial dysfunction possibly being at higher cardiovascular risk.
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- Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain; and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain; and Departement of Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain
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Delgado-Frías E, Ferraz-Amaro I, Lόpez-Mejias R, Genre F, Ubilla B, Hernández-Hernández V, Gόmez Rodríguez-Bethencourt M, González-Díaz A, de Vera-González A, González-Rivero A, Díaz-González F, González-Gay M. AB0316 Bone Mass, Osteoprotegerin and Vitamin D: Relation with Endothelial Dysfunction in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients. Ann Rheum Dis 2014. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-eular.2039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Ferraz-Amaro I, González-Gay M, Hernández-Hernández V, Arce-Franco M, Delgado-Frías E, Gantes M, Muñiz J, Dominguez-Luis M, Herrera-García A, Garcia-Dopico J, Medina-Vega L, Rodríguez-Vargas A, Diaz-Gonzalez F. THU0056 Impaired beta cell signaling is present in non diabetic rheumatoid arthritis patients. Ann Rheum Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-eular.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Ferraz-Amaro I, Delgado-Frías E, Hernández-Hernández V, Muñiz-Montes JR, González-Díaz A, Gómez Rodríguez-Bethencourt A, Díaz-González F. OP0314 Body Composition and Abdominal Adiposity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Cross-Sectional Study of Patients and Controls. Ann Rheum Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-eular.519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Hernandez-Hernandez V, Ferraz-Amaro I, Delgado-Frías E, Flores-Rodríguez M, Viotti J, Rodríguez de la Rosa C, Gantes M, Dominguez-Luis M, Herrera-García A, Rodríguez-Vargas A, Diaz-Gonzalez F. AB0339 Role of cholesterol ester transfer protein in inflammation mediated dyslipidemia of rheumatoid arthritis patients. Ann Rheum Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-eular.339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Delgado-Frías E, Ferraz-Amaro I, Flores-Rodríguez M, Viotti J, Rodríguez de la Rosa C, Hernández-Hernández V, Arce-Franco M, Gantes M, Muñiz J, Dominguez-Luis M, Herrera-García A, Rodríguez-Vargas A, Gonzalez-Diaz M, Gomez-Rodríguez-Bethencourt M, Diaz-Gonzalez F. AB0374 Influence of body composition and abdominal adiposity on endothelial dysfunction and radiological damage in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-eular.374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Flores-Rodríguez M, Ferraz-Amaro I, Hernández-Hernández V, Viotti J, Rodríguez de la Rosa C, González-Gay M, Arce-Franco M, Delgado-Frías E, Gantes M, Muñiz J, Dominguez-Luis M, Herrera-García A, García-Dopico J, Medina-Vega L, Rodríguez-Vargas A, Diaz-Gonzalez F. THU0065 Role of retinol binding protein 4 in insulin resistance of rheumatoid arthritis patients. Ann Rheum Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-eular.2030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Teruel M, Simeon CP, Broen J, Vonk MC, Carreira P, Camps MT, García-Portales R, Delgado-Frías E, Gallego M, Espinosa G, Beretta L, Airó P, Lunardi C, Riemekasten G, Witte T, Krieg T, Kreuter A, Distler JHW, Hunzelmann N, Koeleman BP, Voskuyl AE, Schuerwegh AJ, González-Gay MA, Radstake TRDJ, Martin J. Analysis of the association between CD40 and CD40 ligand polymorphisms and systemic sclerosis. Arthritis Res Ther 2012; 14:R154. [PMID: 22731751 PMCID: PMC3446540 DOI: 10.1186/ar3890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2012] [Revised: 05/23/2012] [Accepted: 06/25/2012] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Introduction The aim of the present study was to investigate the possible role of CD40 and CD40 ligand (CD40LG) genes in the susceptibility and phenotype expression of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Methods In total, 2,670 SSc patients and 3,245 healthy individuals from four European populations (Spain, Germany, The Netherlands, and Italy) were included in the study. Five single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of CD40 (rs1883832, rs4810485, rs1535045) and CD40LG (rs3092952, rs3092920) were genotyped by using a predesigned TaqMan allele-discrimination assay technology. Meta-analysis was assessed to determine whether an association exists between the genetic variants and SSc or its main clinical subtypes. Results No evidence of association between CD40 and CD40LG genes variants and susceptibility to SSc was observed. Similarly, no significant statistical differences were observed when SSc patients were stratified by the clinical subtypes, the serologic features, and pulmonary fibrosis. Conclusions Our results do not suggest an important role of CD40 and CD40LG gene polymorphisms in the susceptibility to or clinical expression of SSc.
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- María Teruel
- Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra, IPBLN-CSIC, Avda, del Conocimiento s/n, 18010, Granada, SpainArmilla (Granada), Spain.
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Ferraz-Amaro I, Delgado-Frías E, Hernández-Hernández V, Díaz-González F. [A woman with joint pain and enlarged upper limbs]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 7:210-1. [PMID: 21794816 DOI: 10.1016/j.reuma.2010.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2010] [Revised: 06/25/2010] [Accepted: 07/07/2010] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- Iván Ferraz-Amaro
- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Islas Canarias, España.
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