ArticleClinical rheumatology2018
Prevalence of comorbidities and evaluation of screening in Chinese patients with spondyloarthritis.
Article in Clinical rheumatology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prevalence and impact of comorbidities in axial spondyloarthritis: systematic review and meta-analysis.Rheumatology (Oxford, England) · 2020Pooled it
- Associations between comorbidities and patient-reported outcomes in axial spondyloarthritis: data from a single-center real-world cohort.Clinical rheumatology · 2025Article
- Real-life data on the comorbidities in spondyloarthritis from our multicenter nationwide registry: BioStar.Archives of rheumatology · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
The aim of the study was to determine whether the presence of spondyloarthritis (SpA) is associated with particular comorbidities and evaluate the prevalence of comorbidities, risk factors, and monitoring status in China. Three hundred forty-six patients fulfilling ASAS criteria for SpA were recruited from the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University. The prevalence of comorbidities and percentage of patients optimally monitored for comorbidities were calculated. The most frequent comorbidities were osteoporosis (31.0%) and hepatitis B virus infection (18.5%). Only 1 patient was found to have active tuberculosis. Several cancer screenings were performed in very few patients. Among 45 patients ever exposed to a biological DMARDs, 35 (77%) and 36 (80%) underwent a screening test for viral hepatitis and tuberculosis. Among patients without a history of hypertension, elevated blood pressure was detected in 5.8% of the patients. Hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia were also found in patients during the study. One hundred twenty-two (35.3%) of the 346 patients never had either calcium or vitamin D for prevention of osteoporosis. Patients with SpA have high risks of comorbidities but have not monitored properly. More attention should be paid for systematic screening and an early detection of comorbidities in patients with SpA.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.