M-ficolin levels reflect disease activity and predict remission in early rheumatoid arthritis.

Christian G AmmitzbøllSteffen ThielJens C JenseniusTorkell EllingsenKim Hørslev-PetersenMerete L HetlandPeter JunkerNiels S KroghMikkel ØstergaardKristian Stengaard-Pedersen

Published in: Arthritis and rheumatism (2014)

In patients with early RA, elevated plasma M-ficolin levels correlated with a high DAS28 and a high HAQ score at baseline and 1 year. A low M-ficolin level was the strongest predictor of remission and low disease activity in a multivariate analysis.

Keyphrases

disease activity
rheumatoid arthritis
systemic lupus erythematosus
rheumatoid arthritis patients
ankylosing spondylitis
juvenile idiopathic arthritis
data analysis