Increased inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis patients living where farm soils contain high levels of copper
Journal
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi
Journal Volume
115
Journal Issue
11
Pages
991-996
Date Issued
2016-11
Author(s)
Abstract
Heavy metal pollution in farm soils is a problem in some parts of Taiwan. Copper can be a factor associated with increased disease activities of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate whether copper pollution in farm soils is associated with worsened RA.
Subjects
copper; inflammation; rheumatoid arthritis; soil pollution
Other Subjects
alanine aminotransferase; celecoxib; copper; creatinine; etanercept; hemoglobin; hydroxychloroquine; methotrexate; nickel; prednisolone; salazosulfapyridine; copper; soil; soil pollutant; adolescent; adult; aged; alanine aminotransferase blood level; Article; controlled study; creatinine blood level; DAS28; disease activity; erythrocyte sedimentation rate; female; human; leukocyte count; major clinical study; male; mass spectrometry; rheumatoid arthritis; soil pollution; Taiwan; thrombocyte count; adverse effects; agricultural land; ankylosing spondylitis; blood; chemistry; comparative study; cross-sectional study; gout; inflammation; middle aged; questionnaire; rheumatoid arthritis; soil; soil pollutant; statistical model; very elderly; young adult; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Arthritis, Rheumatoid; Copper; Cross-Sectional Studies; Farms; Female; Gout; Humans; Inflammation; Linear Models; Male; Mass Spectrometry; Middle Aged; Soil; Soil Pollutants; Spondylitis, Ankylosing; Surveys and Questionnaires; Taiwan; Young Adult
Publisher
ELSEVIER TAIWAN
Type
journal article