Caffeine intake influences disease activity and clinical phenotype in systemic lupus erythematosus patients.
Valeria OreficeFulvia CeccarelliCristiana BarbatiRamona LucchettiGiulio OlivieriEnrica CiprianoFrancesco NatalucciCarlo PerriconeFrancesca Romana SpinelliCristiano AlessandriGuido ValesiniFabrizio ContiPublished in: Lupus (2020)
In this report we demonstrated the impact of caffeine on SLE disease activity status, as confirmed by the inverse correlation between its intake and both SLEDAI-2K values and cytokine levels. Moreover, patients with a low caffeine consumption seem to have a more severe disease phenotype.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- rheumatoid arthritis
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- ankylosing spondylitis
- end stage renal disease
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- peritoneal dialysis
- weight gain
- prognostic factors
- early onset
- physical activity
- drug induced