| Title: |
Rheumatoid arthritis - clinical aspects: 134. Predictors of Joint Damage in South Africans with Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| Authors: |
Ickinger, Claudia; Musenge, Eustasius; Tikly, Mohammed; Barnes, Jonathan; Donnison, C.; Scott, M.; Bartholomew, Peter; Rynne, Martin; Hamilton, Jennifer; Saravanan, V.; Heycock, Carol; Kelly, Clive; de la Torre, Inmaculada; Moura, Rita A.; Leandro, Maria; Edwards, Jonathan; Cambridge, Geraldine; Edwards, Johnathan; Daniels, Louise E.; Gullick, Nicola J.; Rees, Jonathan D.; Kirkham, Bruce W.; Rees, Jonathan; Scott, Ian C.; Johnson, Deborah; Scott, David L.; Kingsley, Gabrielle; Ma, Margaret H.; Cope, Andrew P.; Brode, Sven; Nisar, Muhammad K.; Östör, Andrew J.; Oakley, Stephen P.; Jones, Tim; Mistlin, Alan; Panayi, Gabriel S.; El Miedany, Yasser; Palmer, Deborah; Porkodi, Ramanathan; Rajendran, Panchapakesa; Waller, Rosemary; Williamson, Lyn; Collins, David; Price, Elizabeth; Juarez, Maria J.; El Gaafary, Maha; Youssef, sally; Cramp, Fiona; Hewlett, Sarah; Almeida, Celia; Kirwan, John; Choy, Ernest; Chalder, Trudie; Pollock, Jon; Christensen, Robin; Mirjafari, Hoda; Verstappen, Suzanne; Bunn, Diane; Edlin, Helena; Charlton-Menys, Valentine; Pemberton, Philip; Marshall, Tarnya; Wilson, Paddy; Lunt, Mark; Symmons, Deborah; Bruce, Ian N.; Bell, Carolyn; Rowe, Ian F.; Jayakumar, Keeranur; Norton, Sam J.; Dixey, Josh; Williams, Peter; Young, Adam; Kurunadalingam, Hariney; Parwaiz, Iram; Kumar, Kanta; Howlett, Kath; Hands, Becki; Raza, Karim; Pitzalis, Costantino; Buckley, Chris; Kelly, Stephen; Filer, Andrew; Wheater, Gill; Hogan, Vanessa E.; Onno Teng, YK; Tekstra, Janneke; Tuck, Stephen P.; Lafeber, Floris P.; Huizinga, Tom W.; Bijlsma, Johannes W.; Francis, Roger M.; Datta, Harish K.; van Laar, Jaap; Pratt, Arthur G.; Charles, Peter J.; Choudhury, Muslima; Wilson, Gill; Venables, Patrick J.; Isaacs, John; Stack, Rebecca; Kwiatkowska, Brygida; Rantapaa-Dahlqvist, Solbritt; Saxne, Tore; Sidiropoulos, Prodromos; Kteniadaki, Eleni; Misirlaki, Chariklia; Mann, Herman; Vencovsky, Jiri; Ciurea, Adrian; Tamborrini, Giorgio; Kyburz, Diego; Bastian, Hans; Burmester, Gerd R.; Detert, Jacqueline; Buckley, Christopher D.; Sheehy, Claire; Shipman, Alexa; Stech, Irina; Mukhtyar, Chetan; Atzeni, Fabiola; Sitia, Simona; Tomasoni, Livio; Gianturco, Luigi; Ricci, Cristian; Sarzi-Puttini, Piercarlo; De Gennaro Colonna, Vito; Turiel, Maurizio; Galloway, James; Low, Audrey; Mercer, Louise K.; Dixon, Will; Ustianowski, Andrew; Watson, Kath; the BSRBR Control Centre Consortium, Kimme Hyrich and Deborah Symmons on behalf of the BSRBR; Fisher, Benjamin; Plant, Darren; Lundberg, Karin; Barton, Anne; Venables, Patrick; Lorenzi, Alice R.; Platt, Philip N. |
| Publisher Information: |
Oxford University Press |
| Publication Year: |
2011 |
| Collection: |
HighWire Press (Stanford University) |
| Subject Terms: |
POSTER VIEWING II (WEDNESDAY 13 APRIL 2011) |
| Description: |
Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) causes progressive joint damage and functional disability. Studies on factors affecting joint damage as clinical outcome are lacking in Africa. The aim of the present study was to identify predictors of joint damage in adult South Africans with established RA. Methods: A cross-sectional study of 100 black patients with RA of >5 years were assessed for joint damage using a validated clinical method, the RA articular damage (RAAD) score. Potential predictors of joint damage that were documented included socio-demographics, smoking, body mass index (BMI), disease duration, delay in disease modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) initiation, global disease activity as measured by the disease activity score (DAS28), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C reactive protein (CRP), and autoantibody status. The predictive value of variables was assessed by univariate and stepwise multivariate regression analyses. A p value |
| Document Type: |
text |
| File Description: |
text/html |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
http://rheumatology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/50/suppl_3/iii93; http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/ker029 |
| DOI: |
10.1093/rheumatology/ker029 |
| Availability: |
http://rheumatology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/50/suppl_3/iii93; https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/ker029 |
| Rights: |
Copyright (C) 2011, British Society for Rheumatology |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.F47BDEB2 |
| Database: |
BASE |