Rheumatoid arthritis in Spain:: occurrence of extra-articular manifestations and estimates of disease severity
Rheumatoid arthritis in Spain:: occurrence of extra-articular manifestations and estimates of disease severity
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DOI:
10.1136/ard.62.9.897
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发表时间:
2003-09-01
影响因子:
27.4
通讯作者:
Sanmartí, R
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作者:
Carmona, L;González-Alvaro, I;Sanmartí, R
Objectives: To characterise RA in a sample of Spanish patients by estimating mean clinical activity, functional ability, and radiological damage, and current and cumulative prevalence of extra-articular manifestations.Methods: Cross sectional analysis of a cohort of patients with RA randomly selected from the clinical databases of 34 centres. Standard definitions and measurements were used, and radiographs read centrally. Estimates and confidence intervals were adjusted to sampling.Results: Data were available for 788 patients. Extra-articular RA was present in 285 (36.2%) patients. Cumulative prevalence and 95% confidence intervals of extra-articular manifestations were estimated: nodules 24.5% (21.5 to 27.5), Sjogren's syndrome 17.0% (14.4 to 19.6), atlantoaxial subluxation 12.1% (9.8 to 14.4), carpal tunnel syndrome 10.7% (7.8 to 13.6), interstitial lung disease 3.7% (2.4 to 5.0), serositis 2.5% (1.4 to 3.5), eye disease 2.5% (1.1 to 3.9), vasculitis 1.3% (0.5 to 2.1), amyloidosis 0.6% (0.1 to 1.2), and Felty's syndrome 0.3% (