Methods The Epidemiological Investigation of Rheumatoid Arthritis (EIRA) case-control study of incident RA was linked to the Swedish Hospital Discharge register and the charts of all individuals who after inclusion in EIRA were hospitalized with an ICD-10 code indicating IS (I63) or HS (I61) (...
The proportion of missing values for all variables was less than 15%, and missing data were imputed using the package “missforest” in R. Diagnosis of osteoarthritis and hypertension Osteoarthritis was denoted as M19.9 based on the International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision (ICD-10). ...
May have radiation into the trapezius and anteriolateral neck. Aggravated by use of arm above shoulder level, or reaching behind the back or across chest Cross-body Adduction Test: arm is maximally adducted with the arm in 90 of forward elevation. Pain localized to the AC joint indicates AC...
Background We aimed to investigate the effects of ambient respiratory viral infections in the general population on rheumatoid arthritis (RA) development. Methods Data of weekly incident RA (2012–2013) were obtained from the Korean National Health Insurance claims database, and those of weekly obser...
If that doesn't work, please contact support so we can address the problem.Abstract Background This paper estimates spatial inequalities of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) in Colombia and explores correlates of those disparities from a health system perspective. Methods We apply descriptive epidemiology to ...
Unselected patients with primary ICD10 diagnoses of RA, AxSpA, or PsA, assigned by the treating physician, who had available PATGL, were studied retrospectively. In 2017, the revised 2011 FM criteria questionnaire [25] was added to the MDHAQ at both settings [28]). The FM questionnaire was...
Methods: The prospective, multicenter observational study was conducted across seven centers in India, utilizing data from the Indian Rheumatology Association. Data were collected using expert-validated proformas, with comorbidities classified according to the ICD-10 Charlson Comorbidity Index. Participants ...
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Background Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) affects 0.3 to 1% of the general population and up to 30% of those with psoriasis [1]. The articular manifestations can be debilitating, afflicting varying number and distribution of peripheral joints as well as the axial skeleton. In addition, multiple domai...
Background To investigate the risk of first-time acute coronary syndrome (ACS), stroke and venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and undifferentiated spondyloarthritis (uSpA), compared to each other and to the general population (GP). ...