1. Sarcopenia in women with rheumatoid arthritis
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Sevil Ceyhan Doğan, Emrullah Hayta, Emel Güler, Taner Erselcan, Ece Kaptanoğlu, Sami Hizmetli, Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi, and [Dogan, Sevil Ceyhan -- Hizmetli, Sami -- Hayta, Emrullah -- Kaptanoglu, Ece] Cumhuriyet Univ Hosp, Clin Phys Med & Rehabil, Sivas, Turkey -- [Erselcan, Taner] Cumhuriyet Univ Hosp, Dept Nucl Med, Sivas, Turkey -- [Guler, Emel] Kayseri Educ & Res Hosp, Clin Phys Med & Rehabil, Kayseri, Turkey
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DXA ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Overweight ,musculoskeletal system ,medicine.disease ,Gastroenterology ,sarcopenia ,body regions ,Disease activity ,Sarcopenia ,Erythrocyte sedimentation rate ,Rheumatoid arthritis ,Internal medicine ,Female patient ,medicine ,In patient ,medicine.symptom ,Romatoloji ,business ,human activities ,Body mass index ,Original Investigation - Abstract
WOS: 000360385500003, PubMed ID: 27708927, Objective: To assess sarcopenia status in women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Material and Methods: Thirty female patients with RA and 30 female controls without RA were enrolled in this study. Sarcopenia status in patients with RA was evaluated by assessing body composition using dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). C-reactive protein (CRP) levels and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) were measured, and body mass index (BMI) and Disease Activity Score (DAS28) were calculated. Because sarcopenia differs between men and women, the study groups comprised only females. Results: It was found that skeletal muscle index (SMI) was lower in patients with RA (5.83 +/- 0.807) than in controls (7.30 +/- 1.640). Sarcopenia (in females with an SMI of
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- 2015