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Use of exploratory factor analysis to ascertain the correlation between the activities of rheumatoid arthritis and infection by human parvovirus B19
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Daugavpils Regional Hospital, Daugavpils, Latvia
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Department of Internal Diseases, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia
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August Kirchenstein Institute of Microbiology and Virology, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia
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Medicina 2015, 51(1), 18-24; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2015.01.004
Received: 9 June 2013 / Accepted: 15 January 2015 / Published: 28 January 2015
Background and objective: We evaluated a possible correlation between the clinical activities of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and human parvovirus B19 (B19) infection using exploratory factor analysis (EFA).
Materials and methods: RA patients were organized into two groups: 100 patients in the main groupand97intheRA(DAS28)group.Foursubgroupsweredefinedfromthemaingroupaccording to the presence or absence of certain infection-specific markers: group I comprised 43 patients whohadIgGantibodiesagainstB19;groupII,25patientswithactiveB19infection(B19-specificIgM antibodies and/or plasma viremia); group III, 19 patients with latent/persistent B19 infection (virus-specific sequences in peripheral blood leukocytes' DNA with or without B19-specific IgG antibodies), and group IV, 13 patients without infection markers. The RA(DAS28) group was divided into four subgroups similarly to the main group: group I, 35; group II, 31; group III, 19; and group IV, 12 patients. Disease-specific clinical values in both groups were analyzed employing EFA, and the RA(DAS28) group was additionally assessed using Disease Activity Score (DAS)28. Results: RA activitywashigherinpatientswhohad markersofB19infection.Thehighestactivity of RA in both study groups was in patients with latent/persistent infection. In the RA(DAS28) group, according to DAS28, the highest activity of RA was in patients with active B19 infection. Conclusions: Using EFA and DAS28, a correlation between the clinical activity of RA and B19 infectionwasconfirmed.ThesedatasuggestthatEFAisapplicableformedico-biologicalstudies.
Materials and methods: RA patients were organized into two groups: 100 patients in the main groupand97intheRA(DAS28)group.Foursubgroupsweredefinedfromthemaingroupaccording to the presence or absence of certain infection-specific markers: group I comprised 43 patients whohadIgGantibodiesagainstB19;groupII,25patientswithactiveB19infection(B19-specificIgM antibodies and/or plasma viremia); group III, 19 patients with latent/persistent B19 infection (virus-specific sequences in peripheral blood leukocytes' DNA with or without B19-specific IgG antibodies), and group IV, 13 patients without infection markers. The RA(DAS28) group was divided into four subgroups similarly to the main group: group I, 35; group II, 31; group III, 19; and group IV, 12 patients. Disease-specific clinical values in both groups were analyzed employing EFA, and the RA(DAS28) group was additionally assessed using Disease Activity Score (DAS)28. Results: RA activitywashigherinpatientswhohad markersofB19infection.Thehighestactivity of RA in both study groups was in patients with latent/persistent infection. In the RA(DAS28) group, according to DAS28, the highest activity of RA was in patients with active B19 infection. Conclusions: Using EFA and DAS28, a correlation between the clinical activity of RA and B19 infectionwasconfirmed.ThesedatasuggestthatEFAisapplicableformedico-biologicalstudies.
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Kakurina, N.; Kadisa, A.; Lejnieks, A.; Mikazane, H.; Kozireva, S.; Murovska, M. Use of exploratory factor analysis to ascertain the correlation between the activities of rheumatoid arthritis and infection by human parvovirus B19. Medicina 2015, 51, 18-24.
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