Comparison between different disease activity scores in rheumatoid arthritis: an Egyptian multicenter study

Faculty Medicine Year: 2017
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Journal: Clinical Rheumatology Springer Nature Volume:
Keywords : Comparison between different disease activity scores    
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Abstract The aim of our work was to assess the performance of different Disease Activity Score (DAS) other than DASESR in daily clinical practice in our Egyptian outpatient clinics and also to evaluate the accuracy of European League Against Rheumatism Classification (EULAR) proposed cutoffs for these scores to stratify Egyptian patients into different categories of disease activity. This study is a cross-sectional Egyptian multicenter study. It included 130 rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who visited our Rheumatology and Rehabilitation outpatient and inpatient clinics; 80 patients from Cairo University Hospitals and 50 patients from Zagazig University Hospitals. The patients fulfilled the 2010 American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/European League Against Rheumatism Classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis. Disease Activity Score 28-ESR (DAS28-ESR), DAS28-CRP, Simplified Disease Activity Index (SDAI), and Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) were calculated. A significant positive correlation was found between all three scores and morning stiffness, ESR, Modified Health Assessment Questionnaire (MHAQ), and DAS-ESR. Also, there was a significant negative correlation between DASCRP and hemoglobin and a significant positive correlation with CRP. Also, there was a highly significant moderate agreement between DAS-ESR and DAS-CRP using Fleischmann et al. thresholds and also between DAS-ESR and SDAI. While a highly significant fair agreement was found between DAS-ESR and DAS-CRP using DAS-ESR thresholds and between DAS-ESR and CDAI. We conclude that DAS-CRP, SDAI, and CDAI are very useful in representing disease activity in RA patients in our outpatient clinics being well correlated with many markers of disease activity. We recommend huge multicenter studies in Egypt and in different populations to define new cutoff values to optimize their use in clinical setting
   
     
 
       

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