Loading...
 

Volume 35, Issue 1, March 2024



Sign in to download the Issue in PDF format.

Back to the list
Mediterr J Rheumatol 2023;34(1):71-7
Article Links
C-Reactive Protein to Albumin Ratio is Associated with Disease Activity in Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody Associated Vasculitis
Dilek Barutcu Atas1, Gizem Kumru Sahin2, Şule Şengül2, Bülent Kaya3, Saime Paydaş3, Fatma Alibaz-Oner4, Haner Direskeneli4, Serhan Tuglular1, Ebru Asicioglu1
Authors Information

1Marmara University, School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Istanbul, Turkey

2Ankara University, School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Ankara, Turkey.

3Çukurova University, School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Adana, Turkey.

4Marmara University, School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey

DB Atas, GK Sahin, S Sengul, B Kaya, S Paydaş, F Alibaz-Oner, H Direskeneli, S Tuglular, E Asicioglu

Keywords: ANCA-associated vasculitis, Birmingham vasculitis activity score, C-reactive protein to albumin ratio, vasculitis damage index
References
  1. Pagnoux C, Chironi G, Simon A, Guillevin L. Atherosclerosis in ANCA-associated vasculitides. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2007 Jun;1107:11-21. doi: 10.1196/annals.1381.002. PMID: 17804528.
  2. Xu PC, Tong ZY, Chen T, Gao S, Hu SY, Yang XW, et al. Hypoalbuminaemia in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis: incidence and significance. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2018 Jul-Aug;36(4):603-611. Epub 2018 Jan 15. PMID: 29352844.
  3. Ahn SS, Jung SM, Song JJ, Park YB, Lee SW. Prognostic nutritional index is associated with disease severity and relapse in ANCA-associated vasculitis. Int J Rheum Dis 2019 May;22(5):797-804. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.13507. Epub 2019 Feb 6. PMID: 30729693.
  4. Oh TK, Song IA, Lee JH. Clinical usefulness of C-reactive protein to albumin ratio in predicting 30-day mortality in critically ill patients: A retrospective analysis. Sci Rep 2018 Oct 8;8(1):14977. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-33361-7. PMID: 30297724; PMCID: PMC6175848.
  5. Mao M, Wei X, Sheng H, Chi P, Liu Y, Huang X, et al. C-reactive protein/albumin and neutrophil/lymphocyte ratios and their combination predict overall survival in patients with gastric cancer. Oncol Lett 2017 Dec;14(6):7417-7424. doi: 10.3892/ol.2017.7179. Epub 2017 Oct 13. PMID: 29344182; PMCID: PMC5755031.
  6. Qin G, Tu J, Liu L, Luo L, Wu J, Tao L, Zhang C, et al. Serum Albumin and C-Reactive Protein/Albumin Ratio Are Useful Biomarkers of Crohn's Disease Activity. Med Sci Monit 2016 Nov 16;22:4393-4400. doi: 10.12659/msm.897460. PMID: 27848931.
  7. Moon JS, Ahn SS, Park YB, Lee SK, Lee SW. C-Reactive Protein to Serum Albumin Ratio Is an Independent Predictor of All-Cause Mortality in Patients with ANCA-Associated Vasculitis. Yonsei Med J 2018 Sep;59(7):865-871. doi: 10.3349/ymj.2018.59.7.865. PMID: 30091320; PMCID: PMC6082976.
  8. Mukhtyar C, Lee R, Brown D, Carruthers D, Dasgupta B, Dubey S, et al. Modification and validation of the Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score (version 3). Ann Rheum Dis 2009 Dec;68(12):1827-32. doi: 10.1136/ard.2008.101279. Epub 2008 Dec 3. PMID: 19054820.
  9. Exley AR, Bacon PA, Luqmani RA, Kitas GD, Gordon C, Savage CO, et al. Development and initial validation of the Vasculitis Damage Index for the standardized clinical assessment of damage in the systemic vasculitides. Arthritis Rheum 1997 Feb;40(2):371-80. doi: 10.1002/art.1780400222. PMID: 9041949.
  10. Lemieux I, Pascot A, Prud'homme D, Alméras N, Bogaty P, Nadeau A, et al. Elevated C-reactive protein: another component of the atherothrombotic profile of abdominal obesity. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2001 Jun;21(6):961-7. doi: 10.1161/01.atv.21.6.961. PMID: 11397704.
  11. Kones R. Rosuvastatin, inflammation, C-reactive protein, JUPITER, and primary prevention of cardiovascular disease--a perspective. Drug Des Devel Ther 2010 Dec 9;4:383-413. doi: 10.2147/DDDT.S10812. PMID: 21267417; PMCID: PMC3023269.
  12. Ahn SS, Jung SM, Song JJ, Park YB, Lee SW. Controlling Nutritional Status Score is Associated with All-Cause Mortality in Patients with Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis. Yonsei Med J 2019 Dec;60(12):1164-1173. doi: 10.3349/ymj.2019.60.12.1164. PMID: 31769247; PMCID: PMC6881711.
  13. Haruki K, Shiba H, Shirai Y, Horiuchi T, Iwase R, Fujiwara Y, et al. The C-reactive Protein to Albumin Ratio Predicts Long-Term Outcomes in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer After Pancreatic Resection. World J Surg 2016 Sep;40(9):2254-60. doi: 10.1007/s00268-016-3491-4. PMID: 26956901.
  14. Wei XL, Wang FH, Zhang DS, Qiu MZ, Ren C, Jin Y, et al. A novel inflammation-based prognostic score in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: the C-reactive protein/albumin ratio. BMC Cancer 2015 May 2;15:350. doi: 10.1186/s12885-015-1379-6. PMID: 25934640; PMCID: PMC4423167.
  15. Yang WM, Zhang WH, Ying HQ, Xu YM, Zhang J, Min QH, et al. Two new inflammatory markers associated with disease activity score-28 in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Albumin to fibrinogen ratio and C-reactive protein to albumin ratio. Int Immunopharmacol 2018 Sep; 62:293-298. doi: 10.1016/j.intimp.2018.07.007. Epub 2018 Jul 23. PMID: 30048859.
  16. Sunar İ, Ataman Ş. Serum C-Reactive Protein/Albumin Ratio in Rheumatoid Arthritis and its Relationship with Disease Activity, Physical Function, and Quality of Life. Arch Rheumatol 2020 Feb 7;35(2):247-253. doi: 10.46497/ArchRheumatol.2020.7456. PMID: 32851374; PMCID: PMC7406154.
  17. Seringec Akkececi N, Yildirim Cetin G, Gogebakan H, Acipayam C. The C-Reactive Protein/Albumin Ratio and Complete Blood Count Parameters as Indicators of Disease Activity in Patients with Takayasu Arteritis. Med Sci Monit 2019 Feb 22; 25:1401-1409. doi: 10.12659/MSM.912495. PMID: 30792377; PMCID: PMC6396438.
  18.  Zhou T, Zhan J, Hong S, Hu Z, Fang W, Qin T, et al. Ratio of C-Reactive Protein/Albumin is An Inflammatory Prognostic Score for Predicting Overall Survival of Patients with Small-cell Lung Cancer. Sci Rep 2015 Jun 18;5:10481. doi: 10.1038/srep10481. PMID: 26084991; PMCID: PMC4471724.
  19. Kim MH, Ahn JY, Song JE, Choi H, Ann HW, Kim JK, et al. The C-Reactive Protein/Albumin Ratio as an Independent Predictor of Mortality in Patients with Severe Sepsis or Septic Shock Treated with Early Goal-Directed Therapy. PLoS One 2015 Jul 9;10(7):e0132109. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132109. Erratum in: PLoS One 2019 Nov 18;14(11):e0225620. PMID: 26158725; PMCID: PMC4497596.
  20. Sun P, Chen C, Xia Y, Bi X, Liu P, Zhang F, et al. The Ratio of C-Reactive Protein/Albumin is a Novel Inflammatory Predictor of Overall Survival in Cisplatin-Based Treated Patients with Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. Dis Markers 2017; 2017:6570808. doi: 10.1155/2017/6570808. Epub 2017 Jun 6. PMID: 28676731; PMCID: PMC5476879.
  21. Oh TK, Ji E, Na HS, Min B, Jeon YT, Do SH, et al. C-Reactive Protein to Albumin Ratio Predicts 30-Day and 1-Year Mortality in Postoperative Patients after Admission to the Intensive Care Unit. J Clin Med 2018 Feb 26;7(3):39. doi: 10.3390/jcm7030039. PMID: 29495423; PMCID: PMC5867565.
  22. Kocatürk M, Kocatürk Ö. Assessment of relationship between C-reactive protein to albumin ratio and 90-day mortality in patients with acute ischaemic stroke. Neurol Neurochir Pol 2019;53(3):205-211. doi: 10.5603/PJNNS.a2019.0020. Epub 2019 May 30. PMID: 31145464.
  23. Chen YH, Wang L, Feng SY, Cai WM, Chen XF, Huang ZM. The Relationship between C-Reactive Protein/Albumin Ratio and Disease Activity in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Gastroenterol Res Pract 2020 Jun 22; 2020:3467419. doi: 10.1155/2020/3467419. PMID: 32655630; PMCID: PMC7327549.
  24. Sayar S, Kurbuz K, Kahraman R, Caliskan Z, Atalay R, Ozturk O, et al. A practical marker to determining acute severe ulcerative colitis: CRP/albumin ratio. North Clin Istanb. 2019 Nov 25;7(1):49-55. doi: 10.14744/nci.2018.78800. PMID: 32232203; PMCID: PMC7103752.
  25. Flossmann O, Berden A, de Groot K, Hagen C, Harper L, Heijl C, et al; European Vasculitis Study Group. Long-term patient survival in ANCA-associated vasculitis. Ann Rheum Dis 2011 Mar;70(3):488-94. doi: 10.1136/ard.2010.137778. Epub 2010 Nov 24. PMID: 21109517.
  26. Exley AR, Carruthers DM, Luqmani RA, Kitas GD, Gordon C, Janssen BA, et al. Damage occurs early in systemic vasculitis and is an index of outcome. QJM 1997 Jun;90(6):391-9. doi: 10.1093/qjmed/90.6.391. PMID: 9205677.
  27. Koldingsnes W, Nossent H. Predictors of survival and organ damage in Wegener's granulomatosis. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2002 May;41(5):572-81. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/41.5.572. PMID: 12011383.