Table 2 Clinical characteristics of RA patients according to tertiles of SII.

From: Association between systemic immune-inflammation index and disease activity score 28 in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Total

Tertiles of SII

P value

T1

111.70–555.90.70.90

T2

556.40–933.60.40.60

T3

993.70–3241.10.70.10

N

997

332

331

334

 

Age (year)

57.66 (12.82)

56.61 (12.85)

57.72 (12.95)

58.63 (12.63)

0.127

Female, n (%)

777 (77.93%)

285 (85.84%)

259 (78.25%)

233 (69.76%)

< 0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

23.96 (3.49)

23.90 (3.45)

24.13 (3.59)

23.87 (3.44)

0.573

DD (month)

48.00 (12.00–132.00.00.00)

60.00 (12.00–144.00.00.00)

48.00 (12.00–144.00.00.00)

42.00 (10.00–120.00.00.00)

0.219

Smoking, n (%)

55 (5.52%)

15 (4.52%)

18 (5.44%)

22 (6.59%)

0.503

Drinking, n (%)

18 (1.81%)

4 (1.20%)

8 (2.42%)

6 (1.80%)

0.503

Hypertension, n (%)

323 (32.40%)

87 (26.20%)

102 (30.82%)

134 (40.12%)

< 0.001

DM, n (%)

93 (9.33%)

28 (8.43%)

30 (9.06%)

35 (10.48%)

0.649

CHD, n (%)

69 (6.92%)

27 (8.13%)

17 (5.14%)

25 (7.49%)

0.278

WBC (*109/L)

6.52 (2.18)

5.16 (1.52)

6.57 (1.80)

7.81 (2.27)

< 0.001

Neut (*109/L)

4.22 (1.81)

2.78 (0.99)

4.26 (1.20)

5.62 (1.83)

< 0.001

Lymph (*109/L)

1.63 (0.59)

1.77 (0.62)

1.64 (0.59)

1.48 (0.52)

< 0.001

RBC (*1012/L)

3.88 (0.49)

3.88 (0.47)

3.89 (0.50)

3.88 (0.52)

0.883

Hb (g/L)

111.07 (17.14)

112.85 (15.74)

111.95 (17.47)

108.44 (17.85)

0.002

PLT (*109/L)

291.96 (90.93)

231.55 (61.73)

283.96 (70.14)

359.93 (87.94)

< 0.001

ESR (mm/H)

56.00 (33.00–86.00)

38.00 (24.00–61.00)

56.00 (35.00–84.00)

79.00 (52.00–104.00.00.00)

< 0.001

CRP (mg/L)

26.01 (7.13–48.02)

7.95 (2.45–24.15)

26.50

(7.96–40.94)

46.84 (28.32–78.35)

< 0.001

RF (IU/mL)

161.80 (47.77–335.83.77.83)

159.70 (48.12–297.03.12.03)

136.10 (42.10–297.40.10.40)

206.60 (51.90–439.60.90.60)

0.002

ACPA positive n (%)

898 (90.89%)

291 (89.54%)

302 (91.79%)

305 (91.32%)

0.573

APF positive, n (%)

782 (81.04%)

249 (79.30%)

260 (80.75%)

273 (82.98%)

0.486

AKA positive, n (%)

723 (75.00%)

227 (72.52%)

242 (75.16%)

254 (77.20%)

0.391

CDAI

17.80 (5.43)

15.14 (5.10)

18.03 (5.07)

19.97 (5.03)

< 0.001

SDAI

21.48 (8.42)

16.96 (6.53)

21.04 (6.90)

25.99 (8.95)

< 0.001

DAS28ESR

5.09 (0.97)

4.60 (1.00)

5.16 (0.88)

5.50 (0.80)

< 0.001

DAS28CRP

4.39 (0.93)

3.86 (0.91)

4.46 (0.81)

4.84 (0.80)

< 0.001

NSAIDs, n (%)

510 (51.15%)

174 (52.41%)

180 (54.38%)

156 (46.71%)

0.120

Glucocorticoids, n (%)

107 (10.73%)

31 (9.34%)

35 (10.57%)

41 (12.28%)

0.469

Methotrexate, n (%)

204 (20.46%)

72 (21.69%)

76 (22.96%)

56 (16.77%)

0.112

Leflunomide, n (%)

195 (19.56%)

80 (24.10%)

64 (19.34%)

51 (15.27%)

0.016

Types of cDMARDs,

n (%)

    

0.008

0

518 (51.96%)

147 (44.28%)

171 (51.66%)

200 (59.88%)

 

1

357 (35.81%)

134 (40.36%)

121 (36.56%)

102 (30.54%)

 

2

116 (11.63%)

49 (14.76%)

37 (11.18%)

30 (8.98%)

 

3

6 (0.60%)

2 (0.60%)

2 (0.60%)

2 (0.60%)

 

bDMARDs, n (%)

42 (4.21%)

19 (5.72%)

12 (3.63%)

11 (3.29%)

0.239

tsDMARDs, n (%)

23 (2.31%)

9 (2.71%)

8 (2.42%)

6 (1.80%)

0.725

  1. Values are shown as mean ± SD, median (interquartile range) or n (percent).
  2. SII systemic immune-inflammation index, BMI body mass index, DD disease duration, DM diabetes mellitus, CHD coronary heart disease, WBC white blood cell, Neut neutrophil, Lymph lymphocyte, RBC red blood cell, HB hemoglobin, PLT platelet, LnSII natural logarithm systemic immune-inflammation index, ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, CRP C-reactive protein, RF rheumatoid factor, ACPA anti-citrullinated protein antibody, AKA anti-keratin antibody, APF anti-perinuclear factor, DAS28ESR disease activity score 28 using erythrocyte sedimentation rate, DAS28CRP disease activity score 28 using C-reactive protein NSAIDs non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, cDMARDs conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, bDMARDs biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, tsDMARDs targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs.