Investigation of Inactive Disease States Among Patients With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Inactive disease is the treatment goal for juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), but there are multiple measures for disease activity. The objective was to compare individuals with JIA who meet different definitions for inactive disease.

Methods

Disease activity measures were determined at the 1-year follow-up visit for all patients with JIA enrolled in a North American multicenter registry from 2015 to 2019, the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) Registry. Patient and disease characteristics between those who met only one composite definition of inactive disease were compared by χ² for categorical variables and Wilcoxon rank sum for continuous variables. The Spearman correlation coefficient was calculated for simple disease me

SUBMITTER: Mannion ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9469475 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature