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The discriminant analysis results are presented based on Raman and near-infrared (NIR) spectra of freeze-dried blood sera. The performance of partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) and counter-propagation artificial neural network (CP-ANN) techniques in differentiation between RA (n = 30) and PsA (n = 24) patients and healthy controls (HC, n = 15) were compared. Samples were divided into calibration and validation sets using a Kennard\u2013Stone algorithm; approximately 1\/3 of the samples were selected for external validation. The PLS-DA and CP-ANN models built based on spectral features selected using the interval partial least squares (iPLS) algorithm resulted in an overall accuracy (OA) for test samples prediction in the 81.3\u201393.8% range. Hybrid models elaborated using a combination of selected biochemical parameters of blood serum and spectral variables were characterized by OA values from 87.5 to 93.8%. 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