In the last decades, autoimmune diseases have experienced a dramatic increase in Western
countries. The involvement of environmental factors is strongly suspected to explain this rise …

Objective To summarize the relationship between obesity and remission in rheumatoid
arthritis (RA); secondary objectives were to summarize other measures of treatment …

Background Overweight and/or obese patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA) have higher
disease activity and lower chances of achieving and/or maintaining the treatment targets …

Aim To investigate whether overweight/obesity at diagnosis affects the chances of decrease
in disease activity and pain in early rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Method We investigated …

The growing body of evidence recognizing the adipose tissue (AT) as an active endocrine
organ secreting bioactive mediators involved in metabolic and inflammatory disorders …

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic immune-driven inflammatory disease characterised by
synovial inflammation, leading to progressive cartilage and bone destruction, impacting …

Management of RA patients has significantly improved over the past decades. However, a
substantial proportion of patients is difficult-to-treat (D2T), remaining symptomatic after …

With the prevalence of obesity increasing dramatically worldwide over the past several
decades, an increasing body of literature has examined the impact of obesity in the context …

Objective The C‐reactive protein (CRP) level and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) are
important disease activity biomarkers in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This study aimed to …

Objectives The aim of this paper was to analyse the impact of obesity, in addition to known
predictors, on disease outcome in early rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods Body mass index …