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KMID : 0338420190340020434
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Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
2019 Volume.34 No. 2 p.434 ~ p.441
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Clinical characteristics associated with occurrence and poor prognosis of interstitial lung disease in rheumatoid arthritis
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Yang Ji-Ae
Lee Jeong-Seok
Park Jin-Kyun
Lee Eun-Bong
Song Yeong-Wook
Lee Eun-Young
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Abstract
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Background/Aims: To analyze clinical characteristics of interstitial lung disease (ILD) associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), especially in patients with poor prognosis.
Methods: Seventy-seven RA patients with ILD and 231 age, sex, and disease duration-matched RA patients without ILD were enrolled in this retrospective study. Epidemiologic, clinical, and laboratory information were obtained through a medical chart review. Logistic regression analysis was used to estimate the risk of mortality in RA patients with ILD.
Results: Compared to the RA without ILD group, the RA with ILD group had significantly higher titers of rheumatoid factor and the anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (p = 0.001 for both), higher levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) at the time of RA diagnosis (p = 0.014), and a higher erythrocyte sedimentation rate (p = 0.022) and CRP levels (p < 0.001) throughout the 10-year follow-up period. These patients also received a higher mean daily dose of corticosteroids (p < 0.001). In the subgroup analysis of RA patients with ILD, 28 patients (36.4%) died during follow-up. Multivariate analysis revealed that older age at the time of ILD diagnosis was significantly associated with mortality. Usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) subtype on high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) was also suggested as a poor prognostic factor.
Conclusions: The survival of RA patients with ILD is adversely affected by age at the time of ILD diagnosis. RA-ILD patients diagnosed after age 65 or with a UIP subtype on HRCT may have a poor prognosis.
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KEYWORD
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Arthritis, rheumatoid, Lung diseases, interstitial, Rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease
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