Compared with the group with PBC alone, the median hemoglobin and albumin values in the PBC-SLE group at the time of diagnosis of PBC were lower (both P < 0.05).
Factors, such as enlarged liver, spleen and lymph nodes, digestive system involvement, low hemoglobin, leukopenia, CRP, decreased albumin, anti-dsDNA antibody, glucocorticoids, and cyclophosphamide, were independent risk factors for noninfectious fever in SLE.
In addition, α-HBDH was positively correlated with levels of AST and LDH, the AST/ALT ratio, and the SLE Disease Activity Index 2000, and it was negatively correlated with albumin and C3.
The total remission (TR; complete to partial remission), complete remission (CR), albumin, proteinuria levels, negative rate of anti-double-stranded DNA antibody (ds-DNA), negative rate of anti-nuclear antibody (ANA), and systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity index (SLE-DAI) were calculated using the software of RevMan 5.3.
Depression and its related parameters increased the production of autoantibodies against 16α-hydroxyestrone-albumin complex in systemic lupus erythematosus.
The secondary outcomes included changes of urinary protein excretion, serum albumin, complement 3, anti-dsDNA antibody level, and systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity index (SLEDAI) after 24-week therapy.
PNI was calculated in 217 systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients according to the following formula: 10 × serum albumin value (g/dL) + 0.005 × peripheral lymphocyte count (/mm<sup>3</sup>).
A series of parameters were found to be significantly different between controls and cases at bacteremia diagnosis, including an SLE disease activity index, multiple major organ involvement (> 2), active renal disease, leukocytes, neutrophils, 24-hour urine protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), creatinine, hemoglobin, lymphocyte, platelets, and albumin.
MMF also reduced both renal injury (urinary albumin excretion and glomerulosclerosis) and the infiltration of CD45R<sup>+</sup> B cells and CD3<sup>+</sup>CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells in kidneys from mice with SLE.
The development of hypertension was attenuated in anti-CD3 treated mice with SLE independently of changes in renal injury (assessed by urinary albumin).
In this study, the potassium (K), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), and iron (Fe) concentrations of the serum and proteins-immunoglobulin G (IgG), transferrin (Trf), albumin (Alb), and ceruloplasmin (Cp)-separated from serum samples by affinity chromatography were determined in patients with SLE and SS.
Patients with high scores showed increased disease activity, as measured by lower C3 levels, hemoglobin levels, absolute lymphocyte counts, and albumin levels, and a higher anti-double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) titer, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and SLE Disease Activity Index 2000 score.