General Medicine and Primary Care, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, Japan
Kenji Tani is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Medicine. Kenji Tani has authored of many research articles/books related to Medicine. Kenji Tani is serving as an editorial member and reviewer of several international reputed journals. Kenji Tani has successfully completed his Administrative responsibilities. His research interests includes Medicine
Research Article
A Low Gluten Diet Suppresses Disease Activity of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Author(s): Kenji Tani*, Hinako Takagishi, Yoshihiro Okura, Shingo Kawaminami, Keisuke Kawahito, Keisuke Inaba, Kaori Inaba, Akiko Miyatake, Keisuke Kondo, Yoshinori Nakanishi, Ryo Tabata, Teruki Shimizu and Harutaka Yamaguchi
Background: This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a low gluten diet in the disease activity of Rheumatoid
Arthritis (RA).
Methods: Among 109 patients with RA enrolled in this study, 98 patients who completed 16 weeks on a low gluten
diet regimen were included in the study. At baseline, we gave the patients the information about gluten-free and
gluten-contained foods, and asked them to refrain from the daily gluten consumption during the experimental
period.
Results: The low gluten diet significantly improved DAS28-CRP and CDAI scores after 16 weeks. The percentages
of patients achieving DAS28-CRP and CDAI-defined remission or LDA were significantly increased after 16 weeks.
There was a significant increase in the percentage of the responders in EULAR treatment response after 16 weeks.
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