Abstract Background/Aims The disease activity score-28 (DAS-28) is commonly used in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to identify people remission, low, moderate and high guide medical management. DAS-28 omits foot joints recent research suggests that this may place with at risk of poor outcomes. However, little known concerning the prevalence amongst RA who are considered be remission according DAS-28...

Background and Objective: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease defined by chronic synovitis and progressive joint destruction. This study investigated calprotectin as a serological marker in the hope of establishing an adequate means of diagnosing RA and following up on patients. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study included 32 RA patients who were referred to the rh...

AIM To detect level of serum vitamin D in patients of Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to establish relationship between serum vitamin D level and disease activity in RA. METHOD Eighty patients of RA fulfilling 1987 revised criteria of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) of RA classification and eighty healthy controls were included in the study. 25 (OH) vitamin D levels were measured. Di...

Introduction. Serial objective assessment of disease activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is imperative to achieve remission. The CDAI score appears more practical than DAS-28 in routine assessment of disease activity in RA patients. Objective. To evaluate correlation and agreement of the DAS-28 with CDAI in RA patients. Methods. A total of 200 patients of RA were evaluated by DAS-28 and CDAI ...

A considerable proportion of children with polyarticular juven-ile idiopathic arthritis (polyJIA) experience active disease into adulthood. However, there is no validated disease activity measure for adults with polyJIA, and they are often assessed using the disease activity score 28 (DAS28). DAS28 is validated in adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and determines qualification for biologica...

Background: The present study aimed to evaluate serum YKL-40 levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) compared to healthy subjects and to search whether there is an association between YKL-40 levels and disease characteristics in RA. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 60 RA patients based on the ACR/EULAR 2010 criteria and 30 age- and sex-matched healthy controls were included. I...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate disease activity in early rheumatoid arthritis patients in daily practice 1 year after applying a tight control treatment strategy aimed at lowering disease activity (Disease Activity Score 28, ≤ 3.2). DESIGN Single-arm open trial with historical controls. SETTING Regional hospital, Hong Kong. PATIENTS All new rheumatoid arthritis patients (onset < 2 years) attending...