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OP0089 METABOLIC SYNDROME IS COMMON AROUND THE TIME OF EARLY RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS DIAGNOSIS AND ASSOCIATIONS VARY BY SEX AND MENOPAUSAL STATUS: RESUL…
2019
Background Prevalence studies of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in early rheumatoid arthritis (ERA) are sparse and estimates are variable. Differences by sex and menopausal status have not been formally assessed. Objectives We estimated prevalence and factors associated with MetS in ERA patients treated in routine practice settings. Variations by sex, and by menopausal status were also examined. Methods Cross-sectional data were analyzed from patients meeting 1987 or 2010 ACR/EULAR RA criteria enrolled in the Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort (CATCH) from January 2007-March 2017. CATCH is a prospective multicenter observational study of patients diagnosed and treated for early inflammatory arthrit…
AB0465 Etanercept therapy in rheumatoid arthritis patients with moderate or severe disease activity
2013
Background Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is conventionally defined as moderate when the disease activity score assessed in 28 joints (DAS28) is ≥3.2, and high disease with DAS28 >5.1 Objectives Aim of this analysis was to evaluate the rate of remission and LDA (low disease activity), in RA patients starting etanercept therapy with moderate disease activity in the real world settings Methods The clinical records were retrospectively analysed from the Italian nationwide registry, called GISEA (Gruppo Italiano Studio Early Arthritis). RA patients with moderate (Mod-RA) and high (H-RA) disease activity (DAS28 >3.2) with incomplete response to conventional DMARDs and beginning a treatment with etane…