Abstract | OBJECTIVE: To determine differences in disease onset, extent, and manifestations of psoriasis among patients with active, inflammatory psoriatic arthritis (PsA), and to examine relationships that may exist between psoriasis and PsA. METHODS: Baseline demographic, clinical, and laboratory data were analyzed from 221 patients enrolled in a multicenter cooperative study, and relationships between measures of psoriasis and PsA were determined. RESULTS: Mean percentage of body surface area (BSA) affected by psoriasis was modest (12+/-17), and mean severity of erythema, induration, and scaling was moderate (4.9+/-2.1 on a 0-9 scale). Spanish Americans tended to have a higher mean percentage of BSA (18.5%) than Caucasians (11%; p = 0.067), as well as higher target lesion severity (5.55 vs. 4.84; p = 0.077). Patients with psoriatic nail disease (180/221, 81%) had significantly greater number of involved distal interphalangeal (DIP) joints (p = 0.004). There were no other significant associations of skin pattern or regional involvement with PsA. CONCLUSION: Patients with active PsA have generally mild skin disease, and baseline relationships between psoriasis and PsA tend to be weak except for nail involvement and DIP joint activity.
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Authors | M R Cohen, D J Reda, D O Clegg |
Journal | The Journal of rheumatology
(J Rheumatol)
Vol. 26
Issue 8
Pg. 1752-6
(Aug 1999)
ISSN: 0315-162X [Print] Canada |
PMID | 10451073
(Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article, Multicenter Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.)
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Topics |
- Arthritis
(epidemiology, ethnology, physiopathology)
- Arthritis, Psoriatic
(epidemiology, ethnology, physiopathology)
- Demography
- Disease Progression
- Erythema
(etiology)
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Psoriasis
(epidemiology, ethnology, physiopathology)
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