Alcohol consumption as a predictor of the progression of spinal structural damage in axial spondyloarthritis: data from the Catholic Axial Spondyloarthritis COhort (CASCO).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purpose of the present study was to demonstrate whether alcohol consumption could predict spinal structural damage in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) in a prospective cohort study.

Methods

AxSpA patients were enrolled from a single tertiary hospital in a prospective cohort. Baseline data were collected, and 2-year follow-up radiographic data were collected. We analyzed the progression of spinal structural damage in 278 axSpA patients and grouped them into alcohol drinkers and non-drinkers. Baseline and follow-up characteristics were compared between the two groups. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to reveal predictors of spinal structural damage.

Results

Changes in modified Stoke Ankylosing Spondylitis Spinal Sco

SUBMITTER: Min HK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6692958 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature