作者
Yasemin Yalçınkaya, Sema Kaymaz Tahra, Aysun Aksoy, Murat Karabacak, Seda Kutluğ, Ozlem Pehlivan, Fatma Alibaz-Oner, Pamir Atagündüz, Nevsun Inanc, Haner Direskeneli
发表日期
2019/6/1
来源
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
卷号
78
期号
Suppl 2
页码范围
1568-1569
出版商
BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
简介
Background
Assessment of disease activity in systemic sclerosis (SSc) is challenging and usually hard to distinguish from damage or chronicity.
Objectives
We aimed to evaluate disease activity by different indexes and compare them in a SSc cohort.
Methods
Disease activity was evaluated by revised EUSTAR (European Scleroderma Trials and Research group) and EScSG (European Scleroderma Study Group) activity indexes in 131 SSc patients fullfiling ACR/EULAR classification criteria (2013). The patients with the scores of EUSTAR activity index ≥2.5 or EScSG activity index ≥3 were accepted as having active disease.
Results
Demographics, disease characteristics and nailfold video-capillaroscopic (NVC) pattern details were summarised in table-1. The scores of EUSTAR and EScSG activity indexes were correlated well (r=0.576, p=0.000) and the agreement between two scores for activity was moderate …
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