Advances in rheumatology (London, England)
30657074
BACKGROUND: Little has been published about the epidemiology of Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) in South America, especially in the intertropical zone, and no epidemiological data from Brazil are available. The purpose of the present study was...
OBJECTIVES: To determine the possible association of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) levels with disease activity and respiratory infection in granulomatosis with polyangiitis patients during two different periods: winter/spring and summer/autumn.
To investigate the correlation between acute kidney injury (AKI) and 1-year mortality in patients with granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA). Clinical data for GPA patients were extracted from the MIMIC-IV (version 3.0) database. Logistic and Cox re...