CRP at diagnosis in psoriatic arthritis: what it means and associations with long-term outcomes
Angeliki E Dimopoulou, Charalampos Papagoras, Niki Kyriazi, Sousana Gazi, Evangelia Mole, Michael Krikelis, Paraskevi V Voulgari, Evripidis Kaltsonoudis, Nikolaos Koletsos, Pelagia Katsimpri, Dimitrios Boumpas, Dimitrios Katsifis-Nezis, Nikolaos Kougkas, Theodoros Dimitroulas, Petros P Sfikakis, Mar · 2026
Read CRP at diagnosis in psoriatic arthritis: what it means and associations with long-term outcomes by Angeliki E Dimopoulou, Charalampos Papagoras, Niki Kyriazi, Sousana Gazi, Evangelia Mole, Michael Krikelis, Paraskevi V Voulgari, Evripidis Kaltsonoudis, Nikolaos Koletsos, Pelagia Katsimpri, Dimitrios Boumpas, Dimitrios Katsifis-Nezis, Nikolaos Kougkas, Theodoros Dimitroulas, Petros P Sfikakis, Mar (2026) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-13546032.txt.
Description
Angeliki Dimopoulou and co-authors ask what a simple inflammation marker means at diagnosis in a 2026 study of psoriatic arthritis. C-reactive protein, or CRP, is cheap and routine, but whether a high reading when the disease is first named predicts a harder course later has been debated.
The real-world study covered six hundred nine patients, split by whether their CRP at diagnosis was elevated or normal. The groups were compared on features at presentation, other illnesses, and long-term outcomes, including disease that stayed active or proved difficult to manage. Regression models separated the marker's own signal from everything traveling with it.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Angeliki E Dimopoulou, Charalampos Papagoras, Niki Kyriazi, Sousana Gazi, Evangelia Mole, Michael Krikelis, Paraskevi V Voulgari, Evripidis Kaltsonoudis, Nikolaos Koletsos, Pelagia Katsimpri, Dimitrios Boumpas, Dimitrios Katsifis-Nezis, Nikolaos Kougkas, Theodoros Dimitroulas, Petros P Sfikakis, Mar |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |