ArticleBeijing da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Peking University. Health sciences2020
[Population distribution and clinical characteristics in rheumatoid arthritis patients with cervical spine instability].
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- Risk factors for cervical instability in rheumatoid arthritis: a meta-analysis.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2024Review
- Genetically predicted C-reactive protein mediates the association between rheumatoid arthritis and atlantoaxial subluxation.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate the population distribution of cervical spine instability in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, and to analyze the clinical characteristics in RA patients with cervical spine instability.
methodsA total of 439 RA patients who had completed cervical spine X-ray examination from Department of Rheumatology and Immunology of Peking University Shenzhen Hospital and Peking University Third Hospital from August 2015 to March 2019 were enrolled. The clinical data, laboratory data and cervical radiographic data were collected and analyzed by
resultsOf the 439 RA patients, 80.9% (355/439) were female, with an average age of (52.9±13.9) years, a median duration of the disease was 60 months, the shortest history was 2 weeks, and the longest history was up to 46 years. 29.6% (130/439) of the RA patients showed cervical spine instability. Among them, 20 RA patients were complicated with two different types of cervical instability, the atlantoaxial subluxation (AAS) accounted for 24.6% (108/439), the vertical subluxation (VS) accounted for 7.3% (32/439) and the subluxial subluxations (SAS) accounted for 2.3% (10/439). The patients with cervical spine instability had a longer duration of disease [120 (36, 240) months
conclusionIn the study, 29.6% of the RA patients showed cervical spine instability. RA patients with cervical spine instability had a long-term disease, a higher proportion of peripheral joint deformity, a higher VAS measuring general health score, a lower hemoglobin and a higher positive rate of anti-CCP antibody.
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