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An evaluation of the association between C-reactive protein, the change in C-reactive protein over one year, and all-cause mortality in chronic immune-mediated inflammatory disease managed in UK general practice

Poole, Christopher David, Conway, P. and Currie, Craig John 2008. An evaluation of the association between C-reactive protein, the change in C-reactive protein over one year, and all-cause mortality in chronic immune-mediated inflammatory disease managed in UK general practice. Rheumatology 48 (1) , pp. 78-82. 10.1093/rheumatology/ken415

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Abstract

Objectives. To evaluate the association between systemic inflammation, as measured by CRP, and all-cause mortality. To also evaluate the association between change in CRP status (sub-acute, ≤10 mg/l and acute >10 mg/l) and all-cause mortality. Methods. A cohort of patients was selected from The Health Improvement Network (THIN) data set of anonymized patient-level data from UK general practice. Patients were selected if they had a diagnosis of RA, psoriasis, AS or PsA. Survival was evaluated using Cox proportional hazards regression models (CPHMs). Results. A total of 11 362 cases had at least one CRP measurement. Analysis grouped by each additional unit increase in log-CRP (range 1–6) across the observed range was associated with a 21% increase in the hazard ratio (HR) of death, after controlling for cardiovascular risk factors (P < 0.001). This observation was consistent in separate analysis of cases with either RA or psoriasis. Repeated CRP observations around 1 yr apart were recorded in 2802 subjects. After controlling for confounding factors, in cases whose CRP changed from sub-acute (≤10 mg/l) to acute (>10 mg/l), the HR for death increased 2-fold (P < 0.001) relative to cases whose CRP remained sub-acute. In comparison, among those subjects whose CRP was reduced from acute to sub-acute, the HR was virtually identical to those who stayed sub-acute (P = 0.571). Conclusions. CRP level predicted all-cause mortality after standardization for traditional risk factors, as did change in CRP status from sub-acute to acute observed over 1 yr.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Medicine
Subjects: R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
R Medicine > RZ Other systems of medicine
Uncontrolled Keywords: C-reactive protein; Systemic inflammation; Survival; Rheumatoid arthritis; Psoriasis; Ankylosing spondylitis; Psoriatic arthritis
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISSN: 1462-0324
Last Modified: 04 Jun 2017 03:46
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/26398

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