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rmdopen.bmj6d
Derivation and validation of four patient clusters in Still’s disease, results from GIRRCS AOSD-study group and AIDA Network Still Disease Registry
Background Different patient clusters were preliminarily suggested to dissect the clinical heterogeneity in Still’s disease. Thus, we aimed at deriving and validating disease clusters in a multicentre ...
rmdopen.bmj11d
National burden of rheumatoid arthritis in Canada, 1990–2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 – a GBD collaborator-led study
Objective The objectives of this study were: (1) to describe burden of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and trends from 1990 to 2019 using the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors Study (GBD) ...
rmdopen.bmj6d
Peripheral spondyloarthritis: a neglected entity—state of the art
Peripheral spondyloarthritis (pSpA) refers to a number of seemingly different spondyloarthritis subsets in which psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is the most common, and symptoms of arthritis, enthesitis or ...
rmdopen.bmj12d
Failure to reach uric acid target of <0.36 mmol/L in hyperuricaemia of gout is associated with elevated total and cardiovascular mortality - RMD Open
Objective To determine the impact of achieving serum uric acid (sUA) of <0.36 mmol/L on overall and cardiovascular (CV) mortality in patients with gout.Methods Prospective cohort of patients with gout ...
rmdopen.bmj5d
Efficacy of tofacitinib in patients with rheumatoid arthritis stratified by baseline body mass index: an analysis of pooled data from phase 3 studies
Objective Tofacitinib is an oral Janus kinase for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This post hoc analysis assessed whether baseline body mass index (BMI) impacts tofacitinib efficacy in ...
rmdopen.bmj9d
Association between serum urate level and carotid atherosclerosis: an insight from a post hoc analysis of the PRIZE randomised clinical trial
Objectives Elevated serum urate (SU) levels are associated with arterial atherosclerosis and subsequent cardiovascular events. However, an optimal therapeutic target SU level for delaying ...
rmdopen.bmj11d
Increased mortality in patients with RA-associated interstitial lung disease: data from a French administrative healthcare database
Objectives Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a severe extra-articular manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The objectives of this study were to estimate mortality rate in patients with RA-ILD ...
rmdopen.bmj10d
Multidisciplinary collaboration among young specialists: results of an international survey by the emerging EULAR network and other young organisations
Background Multidisciplinary collaboration is defined as a collective work involving multiple disciplines and is common in clinical care and research. Our aim was to describe current clinical and ...
rmdopen.bmj1d
Four trajectories of 24-hour urine protein levels in real-world lupus nephritis cohorts
Objectives A 24-hour urine protein (24hUP) is a key measurement in the management of lupus nephritis (LN); however, trajectories of 24hUP in LN is poorly defined. Methods Two LN cohorts that underwent ...
rmdopen.bmj5d
Hormonal and reproductive factors in relation to the risk of rheumatoid arthritis in women: a prospective cohort study with 223 526 participants
Objective This study aimed to examine rheumatoid arthritis (RA) risk associated with hormonal and reproductive factors in women from the large cohort of the UK Biobank. Methods Data on hormonal and ...
rmdopen.bmj3d
Influence of sex on the persistence of different classes of targeted therapies for psoriatic arthritis: a cohort study of 14 778 patients from the French health insurance ...
Background Sex differences in phenotype presentation, disease trajectory and treatment response in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) have been reported. Nevertheless, whether classes of targeted therapies ...
rmdopen.bmj7d
Evaluation of the Disease Activity index for PSoriatic Arthritis (DAPSA) with a quick quantitative C reactive protein assay (Q-DAPSA) in patients with psoriatic arthritis: a ...
Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the Disease Activity index for PSoriatic Arthritis (DAPSA) based on a quick quantitative C reactive protein (qCRP) assay (Q-DAPSA) in a multicentre, prospective ...