Elevated plasma monounsaturated fatty acids and their associations with disease activity, adiposity and sex in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study
Shalini Narayana Swamy, Martha A Belury, Rachel M Cole, Kristen Heitman, Steven Pan, Zhibo Yang, Aizhan Karabukayeva, Yang Mao-Draayer, Beatriz Yae Hanaoka · 2026
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Shalini Narayana Swamy led a 2026 cross-sectional study on blood fats called monounsaturated fatty acids in rheumatoid arthritis. The team enrolled 52 people with the disease and 30 matched controls between 2017 and 2022. They measured joint disease activity, body shape, diet from four-day food journals, and plasma fatty acids by gas chromatography.
People with arthritis showed lower insulin sensitivity, higher triglycerides, and less physical activity than controls. Two monounsaturated fats, oleic acid and palmitoleic acid, ran higher in the arthritis group, along with a marker of internal fat making. After accounting for age, sex, and diet, oleic acid still linked to arthritis status and to waist-to-hip ratio. The results hint that fat making inside the body tracks with disease and belly fat.
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| CREATOR | Shalini Narayana Swamy, Martha A Belury, Rachel M Cole, Kristen Heitman, Steven Pan, Zhibo Yang, Aizhan Karabukayeva, Yang Mao-Draayer, Beatriz Yae Hanaoka |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38996 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |