Differences in referral path, clinical and radiographic outcomes between seronegative and seropositive rheumatoid arthritis Mexican Mestizo patients: A cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The study compared the referral path, the first two-year clinical outcomes, and the first five-year radiographic outcomes between seronegative patients (SNPs) from a recent-onset rheumatoid arthritis dynamic cohort initiated in 2004 and seropositive patients (SPPs). Predictors of incidental erosive disease were investigated.

Patients and methods

Up to March 2023, one independent observer reviewed the charts from 188 patients with at least two years of clinical assessments and up to five years of annual radiographic assessments. SNPs were defined when baseline RF and ACPA serum titers were within local normal ranges. The erosive disease was defined on hand and/or foot radiographs when at least one unequivocal cortical bone defect was detected. The incidental erosiv

SUBMITTER: Guaracha-Basanez GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11156376 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature