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To understand the clinical variables that contribute to the patient and physician assessments of gout control and which variables predict discordant assessments. Patients (n = 223) with gout taking allopurinol ≥300 mg daily attended a standardized gout assessment visit. Participants and physicians completed questionnaires rating their assessment of...
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Published in Arthritis care & research
To evaluate the association of baseline factors with rehabilitation dose and the association of rehabilitation dose with meaningful change in physical function, pain, and fatigue over 6 months among adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Using data from the National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases registry, we extracted baseline characteristics and...
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To investigate the risk of first-time acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in a large cohort of primary and secondary care patients with incident gout compared to the general population. Using register data for the period 2007-2017, we conducted a prospective, population-based cohort with 20,146 patients with incident gout (mean age 65.6 years; 67.4% male...
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Inconclusive findings have been reported regarding the influence of smoking on disease outcomes in established rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This study was undertaken to investigate the influence of smoking habits on disease activity and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in RA patients. Patients with newly diagnosed RA (n = 1,531) from the popula...
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Published in Arthritis care & research
Self-reported sleep problems are common in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), with potential negative health implications, yet relatively little research has focused on sleep in RA. We examined the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) risk, restless legs syndrome (RLS) symptoms, and short sleep (SS) in a large RA cohort (n = 4,200) and factors assoc...
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To investigate whether risk factors related to pain vary at different stages of knee osteoarthritis (OA). Individuals from the Osteoarthritis Initiative with available Kellgren/Lawrence (K/L) grade and numerical rating scale (NRS) data at baseline were included in this study. Pain severity was classified into 3 categories based on NRS scores: no pa...
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To examine and compare disease activity over time in giant cell arteritis (GCA) and Takayasu arteritis (TAK) using multimodal assessment combining clinical, laboratory, and imaging-based testing. Patients with GCA or TAK were enrolled into a single-center prospective, observational cohort at any point in the disease course. Patients underwent stand...
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