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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-21977-9
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- Liaison Committee for Education, Research and Innovation in Central Norway (Samarbeidsorganet) [5056/46051000, 2016/29014]
- NTNU-Norwegian University of Science and Technology [82600805]
- Research Council of Norway [249944]
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Inflammation may contribute to excess mortality in rheumatoid arthritis patients. The study found that high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP) levels >= 3 mg/L were associated with all-cause mortality. CRP levels accounted for approximately a quarter of the excess relative all-cause mortality risk associated with RA.
Inflammation may contribute to excess mortality in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. We investigated associations to all-cause mortality of the inflammation markers high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP), lactoferrin (neutrophil activation marker), and neopterin (monocyte activation marker). From the population-based Trondelag Health Study (3rd wave 2006-2008), 316 RA patients and 43,579 controls were included. Lactoferrin and neopterin were quantified in a nested cohort (n = 283 RA patients, n = 3698 controls). Follow-up was until death found by linkage to the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry or 31.12.2018. All-cause mortality was analyzed using Cox regression and Cox regression-based mediation analysis. Having RA (hazard ratio (HR): 1.25, 95%CI: 1.00, 1.56, p = 0.048), and CRP >= 3 mg/L (HR: 1.50, 95%CI: 1.41, 1.60, p < 0.001) were associated with all-cause mortality. The overall excess relative mortality risk of having RA was 38%. CRP >= 3 mg/L mediated approximately 1/4 of this risk (p < 0.001). In the nested cohort, CRP >= 3 mg/L (HR: 1.51, 95%CI: 1.26, 1.80, p < 0.001) and neopterin (HR: 1.17, 95%CI: 1.01, 1.36, p = 0.031) were associated with all-cause mortality. In conclusion, CRP levels >= 3 mg/L mediated approximately a quarter of the 38% excess relative all-cause mortality risk associated with RA. Using definitions of RA remission with emphasis both on joint status and the level of general inflammation may help guide the most efficient treatment regimens.
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