Osteoarthritis or arthritis? Toward understanding of primary Sjogren's syndrome patients with arthralgia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) patients with arthralgia at risk for osteoarthritis (OA) or arthritis.

Methods

This study included 368 pSS patients admitted to a mono-centric from March 2010 to December 2020. Patients were divided into groups according to whether complicated with OA or arthritis. Data were analyzed to determine the differences in demographical characteristics, symptoms, and laboratory examination.

Results

The involvement of the OA joints was predominately knee and spine sites (including cervical and lumbar spine degeneration). When diagnosing arthritis, it was mainly peripheral symmetric polyarthritis, the most affected sites were the interphalangeal and metacarpophalangeal joints. There were significant differences in age, dise

SUBMITTER: Gao R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9841668 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature