Homocysteine, folate, hs-C-reactive protein, tumor necrosis factor alpha and inflammatory proteins: are these biomarkers related to nutritional status and cardiovascular risk in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus?

• Main Authors: Roberta Garcia Salomão (Author), Luciana Martins de Carvalho (Author), Clarice Izumi (Author), Érika Silva Czernisz (Author), José César Rosa (Author), Sonir Roberto Rauber Antonini (Author), Ana Carolina Bueno (Author), Maria Olímpia Ribeiro do Vale Almada (Author), Carolina de Almeida Coelho-Landell (Author), Alceu Afonso Jordão (Author), Virgínia Paes Leme Ferriani (Author), Jacqueline Pontes Monteiro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (c-SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease which increases cardiovascular risk factors (CRF) such as elevated homocysteine, TNF-α, and hs-C reactive protein. Methods We evaluated BMI, waist circumference (WC), 24-h recalls, SLEDAI-2 K, SL...