C-Reactive Protein to Serum Albumin Ratio Is an Independent Predictor of All-Cause Mortality in Patients with ANCA-Associated Vasculitis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We investigated whether C-reactive protein (CRP) to serum albumin ratio (CAR) could be an independent predictor of all-cause mortality in patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV).

Materials and methods

We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 170 patients with AAV. We collected clinical and laboratory data. We also examined AAV-related and traditional risk factors of all-cause mortality. To assess the hazard ratios of variables, we performed univariable and multivariable Cox hazard model analyses.

Results

The mean age was 55.0 years and 53 patients (31.2%) were male among 170 patients with AAV (88 microscopic polyangiitis, 43 granulomatosis with polyangiitis, and 39 eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangi

SUBMITTER: Moon JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6082976 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature