Increased circulating adiponectin is an independent disease activity marker in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A cross-sectional study using the KURAMA database

• Hiroto Minamino ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hiroto Minamino, Masao Katsushima

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan

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• Masao Katsushima ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hiroto Minamino, Masao Katsushima

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Tamami Yoshida,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

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• Motomu Hashimoto ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mohashim@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp (MH); yfujita9@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp (YF)

  Affiliation Department of Advanced Medicine for Rheumatic Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9241-060X

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• Yoshihito Fujita ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mohashim@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp (MH); yfujita9@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp (YF)

  Affiliation Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Mirei Shirakashi,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Wataru Yamamoto,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration

  Affiliation Department of Health Information Management, Kurashiki Sweet Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0810-4221

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• Kosaku Murakami,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Koichi Murata,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Advanced Medicine for Rheumatic Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Kohei Nishitani,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Advanced Medicine for Rheumatic Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Masao Tanaka,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Advanced Medicine for Rheumatic Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Hiromu Ito,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Nobuya Inagaki,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Shuichi Matsuda

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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