Evaluation of serum paraoxonase and arylesterase activities in ankylosing spondylitis patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to investigate the activities of serum paraoxonase and arylesterase in patients with ankylosing spondylitis with respect to those of healthy controls, to assess whether these enzyme levels are related to disease activity and functional capacity.

Methods

The study included 32 patients with ankylosing spondylitis whose diagnoses were made according to the modified New York criteria as well as 25 healthy controls matched for age and sex. The Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index and the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index were applied to the ankylosing spondylitis patients. As laboratory parameters, the erythrocyte sedimentation rate and serum C-reactive protein level were measured in patients and control subjects. Para

SUBMITTER: Erdem FH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2827704 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature