Serum Fatty Acid Profiles Are Associated with Disease Activity in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis : Results from the ESPOIR Cohort

BACKGROUND: Long-chain omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids (n-3, n-6 FAs) may modulate inflammation and affect the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, whether n-3/n-6 FA status affects RA after disease onset is unknown. This study aimed to assess whether FA profiles are independently associated with disease activity in a large prospective cohort of patients with early RA.

METHODS: Baseline serum FAs were quantified in 669 patients in the ESPOIR cohort. Principal component analysis identified three serum FA patterns that were rich in n-7-9, n-3 and n-6 FAs (patterns ω7-9, ω3 and ω6), respectively. The association of pattern tertiles with baseline variables and 6-month disease activity was tested using multivariable logistic regression.

RESULTS: Pattern ω3 was associated with low baseline and pattern ω6 with high baseline C-reactive protein level and disease activity. Both patterns ω3 and ω6 were associated with reduced odds of active disease after 6 months of follow-up (pattern ω3: odds ratio, tertile three vs. one, 0.49 [95% CI 0.25 to 0.97] and pattern ω6: 0.51 [0.28 to 0.95]; p = 0.04 and 0.03, respectively).

CONCLUSIONS: In a cohort of early RA patients, a serum lipid profile rich in n-3 FAs was independently associated with persistently reduced disease activity between baseline and 6-month follow-up. An n-6 FA profile was also associated with lower 6-month disease activity.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Nutrients - 14(2022), 14 vom: 19. Juli

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sigaux, Johanna [VerfasserIn]
Bellicha, Alice [VerfasserIn]
Buscail, Camille [VerfasserIn]
Julia, Chantal [VerfasserIn]
Flipo, René-Marc [VerfasserIn]
Cantagrel, Alain [VerfasserIn]
Laporte, Francois [VerfasserIn]
Beal, Caroline [VerfasserIn]
Boissier, Marie-Christophe [VerfasserIn]
Semerano, Luca [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cohort study
Fatty Acids
Fatty Acids, Omega-3
Journal Article
N-3 fatty acids
N-6 fatty acids rheumatoid arthritis
Omega 3 fatty acids
Omega 6 fatty acids

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 28.07.2022

Date Revised 31.07.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/nu14142947

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM344096955