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. 2025 Aug 26;9:e77108. doi: 10.2196/77108

Table 3. Core body temperature (CBT) metrics in participants with systemic inflammation (SI) and controlsa.

Diagnosis Nadir CBT (°C) Peak CBT (°C) Mean CBT (SD) (°C)
Patients with SI
1 Adult-onset Still disease 36.4 38.5 37.3 (0.708)
2 VEXASb syndrome 36.4 37.0 36.6 (0.151)
3 Peripheral SpAc 36.7 37.2 36.9 (0.102)
4 Undifferentiated seronegative polyarthritis 36.3 36.8 36.6 (0.117)
5 Giant cell arteritis 36.3 36.8 36.5 (0.114)
6 Multiple sclerosis 36.8 37.1 36.9 (0.062)
SI group average 36.5 37.2 36.8 (0.209)
Controls
7 No inflammatory disease 36.7 37.5 37.0 (0.228)
8 No inflammatory disease 36.4 37.2 36.6 (0.148)
9 RAd in remission 36.3 36.9 36.5 (0.127)
10 No inflammatory disease 36.4 36.8 36.6 (0.094)
11 No inflammatory disease 36.8 37.3 37.0 (0.094)
12 No inflammatory disease 36.6 37.1 36.8 (0.133)
13 SpA in remission 36.3 36.8 36.6 (0.163)
Control group average 36.5 37.1 36.7 (0.141)
a

For each participant, minimum (nadir), maximum (peak), and mean (SD) of CBT were calculated based on the temperature measurements collected between 10 PM and 7 AM the following day.

b

VEXAS: vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory, somatic.

c

SpA: spondyloarthritis.

d

RA: rheumatoid arthritis.