Disease Markers

Research Article

Correlation between C-Reactive Protein to Albumin Ratio and Disease Activity in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis

Table 1

Demographic and laboratory data of the subjects.
axSpA ()Control ()Reference interval value
Age (years)0.051
Sex (male/female)200/4146/150.174
Neutrophils (×109/L)1.8-6.3<0.001
Lymphocytes (×109/L)1.1-3.20.300
Monocytes (×109/L)0.1-0.6<0.001
Platelets (×109/L)125-3500.032
ALB (g/L)35-50<0.001
CAR<0.001
NLR<0.001
PLR0.018
MLR<0.001
ESR (mm/h)0-20<0.001
CRP (mg/L)0-8<0.001
Medications ( (%))
 NSAIDs128 (53.11)
 DMARDs96 (39.83)
 Biologicals46 (19.09)
ALB: albumin; CAR: C-reactive protein to albumin ratio; NLR: neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio; PLR: platelet-lymphocyte ratio; MLR: monocyte-lymphocyte ratio; CRP: C-reactive protein; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; NSAIDs: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; DMARDs: disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs.