Comparison of relapsing polychondritis patients with and without central nervous system involvement: A retrospective study of 181 patients.

ABSTRACT: The relapsing polychondritis (RP) patients with central nervous system (CNS) involvement were rare. We aimed to determine the clinical characteristics of RP patients with CNS involvement. The clinical data of 181 RP patients, hospitalized at Peking Union Medical College Hospital between December 2005 and February 2019, were collected. The patients were categorized into two subgroups: 25 RP patients with CNS involvement, and 156 RP patients without CNS involvement. The involvement of the ear was more frequent in RP patients with CNS involvement, compared with those of RP patients without CNS involvement (P < 0.01). After controlling sex and the admission age, logistic regression analysis revealed hypertension (odds ratio = 4.308, P = 0.006) and involvement of eye (odds ratio =

SUBMITTER: Cao X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7995309 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature