Dactylitis and Early Onset Psoriasis in Psoriatic Arthritis: Are they Markers of Disease Severity? A Clinical Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To stratify psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients based on psoriasis (PsO) onset age: early onset psoriasis (EOP) vs. late onset psoriasis (LOP), and to assess if there are differences in disease characteristics, activity/function/impact of the disease, and comorbidity indices.

Methods

Cross-sectional analysis of a longitudinal PsA cohort. Patients were stratified based on PsO onset age.

Results

One hundred and sixty PsA patients were enrolled (84 in EOP and 76 in LOP group) in the study. EOP PsA patients seem to have an increased probability to have dactylitis rather than LOP ones, OR 9.64 (3.77-24.6). Comorbidity indices (Rheumatic Disease Comorbidity Index and Charlson Comorbidity Index) were higher in LOP PsA patients, but these data were not confirmed whe

SUBMITTER: Scriffignano S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9314486 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature