Predicting Psoriatic Arthritis in Psoriasis Patients - A Swiss Registry Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a prevalent comorbidity among patients with psoriasis, heavily contributing to their burden of disease, usually diagnosed several years after the diagnosis of psoriasis.

Objectives

To investigate the predictability of psoriatic arthritis in patients with psoriasis and to identify important predictors.

Methods

Data from the Swiss Dermatology Network on Targeted Therapies (SDNTT) involving patients treated for psoriasis were utilized. A combination of gradient-boosted decision trees and mixed models was used to classify patients based on their diagnosis of PsA or its absence. The variables with the highest predictive power were identified. Time to PsA diagnosis was visualized with the Kaplan-Meier method and the relationship betwe

SUBMITTER: Nielsen ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11361495 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature