The BILAG-2004 index is associated with development of new damage in SLE.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether BILAG-2004 index is associated with the development of damage in a cohort of SLE patients. Mortality and development of damage were examined.

Methods

This was a multicentre longitudinal study. Patients were recruited within 12 months of achieving fourth ACR classification criterion for SLE. Data were collected on disease activity, damage, SLE-specific drug exposure, cardiovascular risk factors, antiphospholipid syndrome status and death at every visit. This study ran from 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2017. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse mortality and development of new damage. Poisson regression was used to examine potential explanatory variables for development of new damage.

Results

A total of 273 SLE patients were recrui

SUBMITTER: Yee CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9891406 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature