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Journal Article
HALP Score and Disease Activity in Psoriatic Arthritis: Comparison with Healthy Controls
2026
Overview
Objectives: This study evaluated the relationship between the haemoglobin-albumin-lymphocyte-platelet (HALP) score and disease activity in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA), and compared HALP scores between PsA patients and healthy controls. Methods: This single-centre, cross-sectional study included 73 PsA patients and 59 healthy controls. Demographic, clinical and laboratory data were collected. Disease activity was assessed using the Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS) based on C-reactive protein (CRP), the Disease Activity index for Psoriatic Arthritis (DAPSA), the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI), the visual analogue scale (VAS), and the Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI). HALP was calculated as haemoglobin × albumin × lymphocyte / platelet. Group comparisons, correlation analyses and ROC analyses were performed. Results: Compared with controls, PsA patients had higher CRP, erythrocyte sedimentation rate and platelet values, and lower albumin (all P<0.05). HALP scores did not differ significantly between groups (P=0.232). HALP correlated positively with age at diagnosis (r = 0.250; P=0.031) and negatively with ASDAS-CRP (r = −0.259; P=0.026). ROC analysis showed limited diagnostic performance (AUC = 0.561, P=0.228). Conclusions: Although HALP showed a significant inverse correlation with ASDAS-CRP, the association was weak and its diagnostic performance was poor. HALP alone has limited value in reflecting PsA disease activity or distinguishing patients from controls. This may relate to PsA’s heterogeneous inflammation and treatment status. Larger prospective studies in different PsA subgroups are needed to clarify the potential role of HALP as an objective biomarker.
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The Association of Health Research & Strategy
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