Do Obesity and Overweight Influence Disease Activity Measures in Axial Spondyloarthritis? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Augusta OrtolanMariagrazia LorenzinMara FelicettiRoberta RamondaPublished in: Arthritis care & research (2021)
Overweight and obese patients with axial SpA tend to present higher disease activity scores compared to patients with a normal BMI. This difference seems to be clinically meaningful only for the comparison between obese patients and patients with normal BMI, and more for BASDAI than ASDAS.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- obese patients
- weight gain
- bariatric surgery
- weight loss
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- rheumatoid arthritis
- body mass index
- ankylosing spondylitis
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- roux en y gastric bypass
- gastric bypass
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- metabolic syndrome
- type diabetes
- insulin resistance
- physical activity
- high fat diet induced