TY - JOUR
T1 - Progression pattern of rheumatoid arthritis
T2 - A study of 500 Pakistani patients
AU - Jalil, Fazal
AU - Arshad, Maria
AU - Bhatti, Attya
AU - Jamal, Muhsin
AU - Ahmed, Mushtaq
AU - Malik, Javaid Mehmood
AU - Ali, Sajid
AU - Akbar, Fazal
AU - John, Peter
PY - 2017/7
Y1 - 2017/7
N2 - To estimate the most prevalent age of patients and disease status and progression in terms of severity at different age groups in the Pakistani Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients. A total of five hundred (500) RA patients were enrolled during October, 2009 to October, 2013. A screening questionnaire was filled for each patient satisfying America College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria under the supervision of certified rheumatologists. Epidemiological and demographic variables were statistically analyzed for correlation with progression of the disease using SPSS ver 17.0.1 software. In general, rheumatoid arthritis preferentially affects women with female to male ratio of about 3:1; however, patients with above 60 years of age have equal female to male ratio. The most prevalent age is 45-60 years. The disease severity increases with increase in the age and reaches to its peak in above 60 years of age (p=0.001). The pattern of progression of RA in the Pakistani patients is almost consistent with other relevant studies conducted on European and European derived populations.
AB - To estimate the most prevalent age of patients and disease status and progression in terms of severity at different age groups in the Pakistani Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients. A total of five hundred (500) RA patients were enrolled during October, 2009 to October, 2013. A screening questionnaire was filled for each patient satisfying America College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria under the supervision of certified rheumatologists. Epidemiological and demographic variables were statistically analyzed for correlation with progression of the disease using SPSS ver 17.0.1 software. In general, rheumatoid arthritis preferentially affects women with female to male ratio of about 3:1; however, patients with above 60 years of age have equal female to male ratio. The most prevalent age is 45-60 years. The disease severity increases with increase in the age and reaches to its peak in above 60 years of age (p=0.001). The pattern of progression of RA in the Pakistani patients is almost consistent with other relevant studies conducted on European and European derived populations.
KW - Auto-immune diseases
KW - Disease severity & progression
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Rheumatoid arthritis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85021339168&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Article
C2 - 29039317
AN - SCOPUS:85021339168
SN - 1011-601X
VL - 30
SP - 1219
EP - 1223
JO - Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
JF - Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
IS - 4
ER -