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Prevalence, risk factors, and outcome of uveitis in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a long-term followup study.
Arthritis Rheum. 2007 Feb; 56(2):647-57.AR

Abstract

OBJECTIVE

To assess the prevalence, risk factors, and long-term outcome of uveitis in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).

METHODS

An inception cohort of all 1,081 patients diagnosed as having JIA at a single tertiary care center was established. A questionnaire and followup telephone calls were used to confirm the diagnosis of uveitis. Ophthalmologists' records of patients with uveitis were collected. Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression analyses were used to assess risk factors for developing uveitis and for complications of uveitis.

RESULTS

After a mean followup time of 6.9 years, 142 of 1,081 patients (13.1%) had developed uveitis. Risk factors were young age at diagnosis, female sex, antinuclear antibody positivity, and the subtype of JIA. The relative contribution of these risk factors was different for the different subtypes of JIA. Until the end of the study, uveitis complications had developed in 53 of 142 patients with uveitis (37.3%; 4.9% of the total cohort). Only 16 of 175 involved eyes (9.1%) in 14 of 108 patients (13%; 1.3% of the total cohort) for whom ophthalmology reports were available had best corrected visual acuity less than 20/40 (mean followup time for uveitis of 6.3 years). Abnormal vision was associated with synechiae or cataract.

CONCLUSION

Risk factors for developing uveitis were different among subtypes of JIA. The long-term outcome of JIA-associated uveitis in our cohort was excellent despite the high rate of complications.

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Saurenmann RK
Department of Pediatrics, University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland. traudel.saurenmann@kispi.unizh.ch
Levin AV
No affiliation info available
Feldman BM
No affiliation info available
Rose JB
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Laxer RM
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Schneider R
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Silverman ED
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MeSH

AdolescentAdrenal Cortex HormonesAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalAntirheumatic AgentsArthritis, JuvenileCataractChildChild, PreschoolFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansInfantMaleMethotrexatePrevalenceRegression AnalysisRisk FactorsTreatment OutcomeUveitis

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

17265500

Citation

Saurenmann, R K., et al. "Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Outcome of Uveitis in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: a Long-term Followup Study." Arthritis and Rheumatism, vol. 56, no. 2, 2007, pp. 647-57.
Saurenmann RK, Levin AV, Feldman BM, et al. Prevalence, risk factors, and outcome of uveitis in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a long-term followup study. Arthritis Rheum. 2007;56(2):647-57.
Saurenmann, R. K., Levin, A. V., Feldman, B. M., Rose, J. B., Laxer, R. M., Schneider, R., & Silverman, E. D. (2007). Prevalence, risk factors, and outcome of uveitis in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a long-term followup study. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 56(2), 647-57.
Saurenmann RK, et al. Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Outcome of Uveitis in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: a Long-term Followup Study. Arthritis Rheum. 2007;56(2):647-57. PubMed PMID: 17265500.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Prevalence, risk factors, and outcome of uveitis in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a long-term followup study. AU - Saurenmann,R K, AU - Levin,A V, AU - Feldman,B M, AU - Rose,J B, AU - Laxer,R M, AU - Schneider,R, AU - Silverman,E D, PY - 2007/2/1/pubmed PY - 2007/3/10/medline PY - 2007/2/1/entrez SP - 647 EP - 57 JF - Arthritis and rheumatism JO - Arthritis Rheum VL - 56 IS - 2 N2 - OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence, risk factors, and long-term outcome of uveitis in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). METHODS: An inception cohort of all 1,081 patients diagnosed as having JIA at a single tertiary care center was established. A questionnaire and followup telephone calls were used to confirm the diagnosis of uveitis. Ophthalmologists' records of patients with uveitis were collected. Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression analyses were used to assess risk factors for developing uveitis and for complications of uveitis. RESULTS: After a mean followup time of 6.9 years, 142 of 1,081 patients (13.1%) had developed uveitis. Risk factors were young age at diagnosis, female sex, antinuclear antibody positivity, and the subtype of JIA. The relative contribution of these risk factors was different for the different subtypes of JIA. Until the end of the study, uveitis complications had developed in 53 of 142 patients with uveitis (37.3%; 4.9% of the total cohort). Only 16 of 175 involved eyes (9.1%) in 14 of 108 patients (13%; 1.3% of the total cohort) for whom ophthalmology reports were available had best corrected visual acuity less than 20/40 (mean followup time for uveitis of 6.3 years). Abnormal vision was associated with synechiae or cataract. CONCLUSION: Risk factors for developing uveitis were different among subtypes of JIA. The long-term outcome of JIA-associated uveitis in our cohort was excellent despite the high rate of complications. SN - 0004-3591 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/17265500/Prevalence_risk_factors_and_outcome_of_uveitis_in_juvenile_idiopathic_arthritis:_a_long_term_followup_study_ L2 - https://doi.org/10.1002/art.22381 DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -