Published in The Journal of rheumatology
Systemic sclerosis sine scleroderma (ssSSc), formally described in 1962, is a subset of SSc that, unlike limited cutaneous (lcSSc) and diffuse cutaneous (dcSSc) forms, lacks skin fibrosis. According to the 2013 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology criteria, SSc can be diagnosed in the absence of skin t...
Published in The Journal of rheumatology
Published in The Journal of rheumatology
Published in The Journal of rheumatology
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been associated with an elevated dementia risk. This study aimed to examine how different diagnostic dementia definitions perform in patients with RA compared to individuals without RA. The study population included 2050 individuals (1025 with RA) from a retrospective, population-based cohort in southern Minnesota and ...
Published in The Journal of rheumatology
To assess the humoral response to the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine among patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA) receiving secukinumab (SEC) compared to those receiving tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) and immunocompetent controls. Consecutive patients with psoriatic arthritis or axial SpA receiving SEC (n = 37) or TNFi (monotherapy, n = 109; + metho...
Published in The Journal of rheumatology
To evaluate patient-reported outcomes (PROs) after initiation of tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) treatment in European real-world patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Further, to investigate PRO remission rates across treatment courses, registries, disease duration, sex, and age at disease onset. Visual analog scale or numerical rating s...
Published in The Journal of rheumatology
Published in The Journal of rheumatology
To explore the associations between metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its individual components and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A total of 369,065 individuals were included in the present study based on the UK Biobank. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression models were applied to estimate the associations between MetS and its indi...
Published in The Journal of rheumatology
The World Trade Center (WTC) attack in New York resulted in a dust plume containing silica, hydrocarbons, and asbestos. Autoimmune disorders have been reported among those with WTC site exposure. The characteristics of individuals developing systemic sclerosis (SSc) have not been previously described. The purpose of this study was to describe the f...
Published in The Journal of rheumatology
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is known to include a pre-RA stage that can be defined as the presence of familial or genetic risk factors, biomarker abnormalities (eg, anticitrullinated protein antibodies [ACPA]), symptoms, and even abnormal imaging findings prior to the development of the onset of clinical RA with inflammatory arthritis that is apparen...
