TY - JOUR
T1 - Elevated faecal calprotectin is linked to worse disease status in axial spondyloarthritis
T2 - Results from the SPARTAKUS cohort
AU - Olofsson, Tor
AU - Lindqvist, Elisabet
AU - Mogard, Elisabeth
AU - Andréasson, Kristofer
AU - Marsal, Jan
AU - Geijer, Mats
AU - Kristensen, Lars Erik
AU - Wallman, Johan K.
PY - 2019/7/1
Y1 - 2019/7/1
N2 - Objectives. To examine faecal calprotectin (F-calprotectin) levels and presence of anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies (ASCA) and their associations with disease subtype and current status in axial SpA (axSpA). Methods. F-calprotectin and ASCA in serum were compared between consecutive patients with a clinical axSpA diagnosis, classified as non-radiographic axSpA (nr-axSpA; n = 40) or AS (n = 90), and with healthy controls (n = 35). Furthermore, standard axSpA outcome measures were compared between axSpA patients (nr-axSpA and AS combined) with elevated vs normal F-calprotectin, ASCA IgA and IgG, respectively. Results. Elevated F-calprotectin (≥50 mg/kg) was observed in 27% of nr-axSpA patients, 38% of AS patients and 6% of controls. F-calprotectin was significantly higher in AS vs nr-axSpA [AS: geometric mean 41 (95% CI 32, 54) mg/kg; nr-axSpA: 24 (95% CI 16, 38) mg/kg; P = 0.037], and in each axSpA subtype vs controls. Overall, worse disease activity and physical function scores were observed among axSpA patients with elevated vs normal F-calprotectin levels, with significant differences regarding patient's visual analogue scale for global health, ASDAS using CRP, and BASFI (adjusted for age, sex, NSAID use, anti-rheumatic treatments, and CRP). ASCA titres and seropositivity (≥10 U/ml) were similar in nr-axSpA (IgA/IgG-seropositivity: 8%/26%) and AS (7%/28%), and clinical outcome measures did not differ between patients with elevated vs normal ASCA IgA or IgG, respectively. Compared with controls (IgA/IgG-seropositivity: 0%/17%), ASCA IgA was significantly higher in both axSpA subtypes, and IgG was significantly higher in the AS group. Conclusion. In patients with axSpA, gut inflammation measured by elevated F-calprotectin is associated with worse disease activity and physical function, and may be a marker of more severe disease.
AB - Objectives. To examine faecal calprotectin (F-calprotectin) levels and presence of anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies (ASCA) and their associations with disease subtype and current status in axial SpA (axSpA). Methods. F-calprotectin and ASCA in serum were compared between consecutive patients with a clinical axSpA diagnosis, classified as non-radiographic axSpA (nr-axSpA; n = 40) or AS (n = 90), and with healthy controls (n = 35). Furthermore, standard axSpA outcome measures were compared between axSpA patients (nr-axSpA and AS combined) with elevated vs normal F-calprotectin, ASCA IgA and IgG, respectively. Results. Elevated F-calprotectin (≥50 mg/kg) was observed in 27% of nr-axSpA patients, 38% of AS patients and 6% of controls. F-calprotectin was significantly higher in AS vs nr-axSpA [AS: geometric mean 41 (95% CI 32, 54) mg/kg; nr-axSpA: 24 (95% CI 16, 38) mg/kg; P = 0.037], and in each axSpA subtype vs controls. Overall, worse disease activity and physical function scores were observed among axSpA patients with elevated vs normal F-calprotectin levels, with significant differences regarding patient's visual analogue scale for global health, ASDAS using CRP, and BASFI (adjusted for age, sex, NSAID use, anti-rheumatic treatments, and CRP). ASCA titres and seropositivity (≥10 U/ml) were similar in nr-axSpA (IgA/IgG-seropositivity: 8%/26%) and AS (7%/28%), and clinical outcome measures did not differ between patients with elevated vs normal ASCA IgA or IgG, respectively. Compared with controls (IgA/IgG-seropositivity: 0%/17%), ASCA IgA was significantly higher in both axSpA subtypes, and IgG was significantly higher in the AS group. Conclusion. In patients with axSpA, gut inflammation measured by elevated F-calprotectin is associated with worse disease activity and physical function, and may be a marker of more severe disease.
KW - Ankylosing spondylitis
KW - Calprotectin
KW - Gut inflammation
KW - Inflammatory bowel disease
KW - Non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis
KW - Spondyloarthritis
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U2 - 10.1093/rheumatology/key427
DO - 10.1093/rheumatology/key427
M3 - Article
C2 - 30649509
AN - SCOPUS:85068459267
SN - 1462-0324
VL - 58
SP - 1176
EP - 1187
JO - Rheumatology (United Kingdom)
JF - Rheumatology (United Kingdom)
IS - 7
ER -