Erosive and osteoarthritic structural progression in early rheumatoid arthritis

OBJECTIVES: To investigate factors associated with joint damage in early RA, and how comorbid OA might influence patient assessment and outcomes. METHODS: Baseline radiographs of hands and feet from 512 participants in the Early RA Network cohort, and after 3 (+/-1) years, 166 of those participants...

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Main Authors: McWilliams, Daniel F., Marshall, Michelle, Jayakumar, Keeranur, Doherty, Sally, Doherty, Michael, Zhang, Weiya, Kiely, Patrick D.W., Young, Adam, Walsh, David A.
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author McWilliams, Daniel F.
Marshall, Michelle
Jayakumar, Keeranur
Doherty, Sally
Doherty, Michael
Zhang, Weiya
Kiely, Patrick D.W.
Young, Adam
Walsh, David A.
author_facet McWilliams, Daniel F.
Marshall, Michelle
Jayakumar, Keeranur
Doherty, Sally
Doherty, Michael
Zhang, Weiya
Kiely, Patrick D.W.
Young, Adam
Walsh, David A.
author_sort McWilliams, Daniel F.
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description OBJECTIVES: To investigate factors associated with joint damage in early RA, and how comorbid OA might influence patient assessment and outcomes. METHODS: Baseline radiographs of hands and feet from 512 participants in the Early RA Network cohort, and after 3 (+/-1) years, 166 of those participants yielded complete scores for RA [erosions, joint space narrowing (JSN)] and OA [JSN, osteophytes (OST)] using validated atlases. DAS28-P is the proportion of DAS28 attributed to patient-reported factors. Adjusted odds ratios were calculated using logistic regression. RESULTS: OA was common at baseline in early RA (40% hand and 48% foot) and associated with RA radiographic score. Higher baseline RA scores were associated with increasing age and ESR, and lower DAS28-P. OST scores were associated with higher age. DAS28 and patient-reported outcomes improved, whereas RA and OA radiographic scores deteriorated by follow-up. Erosive progression was predicted by higher baseline erosions, female gender, better mental health and lower DAS28-P. Hand OST progression was predicted by baseline OST scores. Inflammatory disease activity was associated with erosive, but not with OA progression. Baseline hand OA predicted worse physical function at follow-up, but radiographic progression did not explain changes in patient-reported outcomes. CONCLUSION: OA is a common comorbidity that might confound radiographic and clinical assessment, but does not fully explain erosive progression or patient-reported outcomes in early RA. Early RA management should address psychosocial factors and comorbidities, as well as joint inflammation.
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spelling nottingham-440482020-05-04T18:05:06Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44048/ Erosive and osteoarthritic structural progression in early rheumatoid arthritis McWilliams, Daniel F. Marshall, Michelle Jayakumar, Keeranur Doherty, Sally Doherty, Michael Zhang, Weiya Kiely, Patrick D.W. Young, Adam Walsh, David A. OBJECTIVES: To investigate factors associated with joint damage in early RA, and how comorbid OA might influence patient assessment and outcomes. METHODS: Baseline radiographs of hands and feet from 512 participants in the Early RA Network cohort, and after 3 (+/-1) years, 166 of those participants yielded complete scores for RA [erosions, joint space narrowing (JSN)] and OA [JSN, osteophytes (OST)] using validated atlases. DAS28-P is the proportion of DAS28 attributed to patient-reported factors. Adjusted odds ratios were calculated using logistic regression. RESULTS: OA was common at baseline in early RA (40% hand and 48% foot) and associated with RA radiographic score. Higher baseline RA scores were associated with increasing age and ESR, and lower DAS28-P. OST scores were associated with higher age. DAS28 and patient-reported outcomes improved, whereas RA and OA radiographic scores deteriorated by follow-up. Erosive progression was predicted by higher baseline erosions, female gender, better mental health and lower DAS28-P. Hand OST progression was predicted by baseline OST scores. Inflammatory disease activity was associated with erosive, but not with OA progression. Baseline hand OA predicted worse physical function at follow-up, but radiographic progression did not explain changes in patient-reported outcomes. CONCLUSION: OA is a common comorbidity that might confound radiographic and clinical assessment, but does not fully explain erosive progression or patient-reported outcomes in early RA. Early RA management should address psychosocial factors and comorbidities, as well as joint inflammation. Oxford University Press 2016-08-31 Article PeerReviewed McWilliams, Daniel F., Marshall, Michelle, Jayakumar, Keeranur, Doherty, Sally, Doherty, Michael, Zhang, Weiya, Kiely, Patrick D.W., Young, Adam and Walsh, David A. (2016) Erosive and osteoarthritic structural progression in early rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology, 55 (8). pp. 1477-1488. ISSN 1462-0332 rheumatoid arthritis osteoarthritis osteophyte erosions hands feet https://academic.oup.com/rheumatology/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/rheumatology/kew197 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kew197 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kew197
spellingShingle rheumatoid arthritis
osteoarthritis
osteophyte
erosions
hands
feet
McWilliams, Daniel F.
Marshall, Michelle
Jayakumar, Keeranur
Doherty, Sally
Doherty, Michael
Zhang, Weiya
Kiely, Patrick D.W.
Young, Adam
Walsh, David A.
Erosive and osteoarthritic structural progression in early rheumatoid arthritis
title Erosive and osteoarthritic structural progression in early rheumatoid arthritis
title_full Erosive and osteoarthritic structural progression in early rheumatoid arthritis
title_fullStr Erosive and osteoarthritic structural progression in early rheumatoid arthritis
title_full_unstemmed Erosive and osteoarthritic structural progression in early rheumatoid arthritis
title_short Erosive and osteoarthritic structural progression in early rheumatoid arthritis
title_sort erosive and osteoarthritic structural progression in early rheumatoid arthritis
topic rheumatoid arthritis
osteoarthritis
osteophyte
erosions
hands
feet
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44048/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44048/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44048/