Familial aggregation of rheumatoid arthritis in The Netherlands: A cross-sectional hospital-based survey

Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 415-422

  Barrera, P ^a   Radstake, T R D J ^a   Albers, J M C ^a   Van Riel, P L C M ^a   Van De Putte, L B A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Concordance rate for RA; Familial aggregation; Inception cohort; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0032725005     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/38.5.415     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Alarcon GS. Epidemiology of rheumatoid arthritis. Rheum Dis Clin North Am 1995;21:589-604.
2. Lawrence JS. Heberden Oration 1969, Rheumatoid arthritis nature or nurture? Ann Rheum Dis 1970;29:357-79.
3. Rigby AS, Voelm L, Silman AJ. Epistatic modeling in rheumatoid arthritis: an application of the Risch theory. Genet Epidemiol 1993;10:311-20.
4. Aho K, Koskenvuo M, Tuominen J, Kaprio J. Occurrence of rheumatoid arthritis in a nationwide series of twins. J Rheumatol 1986;13:899-902.
5. Deighton CM, Walker DJ. The familial nature of rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 1991;50:62-5.
6. Deighton CM, Walker DJ, Griffiths ID, Roberts DF. The contribution of HLA to rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Genet 1989;36:178-82.
7. Silman AJ, MacGregor AJ, Thomson W et al. Twin concordance rates for rheumatoid arthritis: results from a nationwide study. Br J Rheumatol 1993;32:903-7.
8. Deighton CM, Walker DJ. What factors distinguish probands from multicase rheumatoid arthritis same sex sibships from sporadic disease? J Rheumatol 1992;19:237-41.
9. Deighton CM, Wentzel J, Cavanagh G, Roberts DF, Walker DJ. Contribution of inherited factors to rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 1992;51:182-5.
10. del Junco D, Luthra HS, Annegers JF, Worthington JW, Kurland LT. The familial aggregation of rheumatoid arthritis and its relationship to the HLA-DR4 association. Am J Epidemiol 1984;119:813-29.
11. Jones MA, Silman AJ, Whiting S, Barrett EM, Symmons DP. Occurrence of rheumatoid arthritis is not increased in the first degree relatives of a population based inception cohort of inflammatory polyarthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 1996;55:89-93.
12. Lynn AH, Kwoh CK, Venglish CM, Aston CE, Chakravarti A. Genetic epidemiology of rheumatoid arthritis. Am J Hum Genet 1995;57:150-9.
13. Rigby AS, Silman AJ, Voelm L et al. Investigating the HLA component in rheumatoid arthritis: an additive (dominant) mode of inheritance is rejected, a recessive mode is preferred. Genet Epidemiol 1991;8:153-75.
14. Wolfe F, Kleinheksel SM, Khan MA. Prevalence of familial occurrence in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Br J Rheumatol 1988;27(suppl, 2):150-2.
15. Ropes MW, Bennett GA, Cobbs S, Jacox R, Cesar RA. Revision of diagnostic criteria for rheumatoid arthritis. Bull Rheum Dis 1958;9:175-6.
16. Miedema HS. Reuma in Nederland: de cijfers. 2301 CE Leiden. Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast natuur-wetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO. TNO rapport 97.034, 1997.
17. Valkenburg HA, van Laar A, Muller L. Epidemiologisch Preventief Onderzoek Zoetermeer. Vijfde voortgangs-verslag deel 4 (reuma). Rotterdam: Erasmus Universiteit, 1979.
18. Cornélis F, Faure S, Marttinez M et al. New susceptibility locus for rheumatoid arthritis suggested by a genome-wide linkage study. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1998;95:10746-50.
19. Miedema HS, van der Linden SM, Rasker JJ, Valkenburg HA. National database of patients visiting rheumatologists in The Netherlands: the standard diagnosis register of rheumatic diseases. A report and preliminary analysis. Br J Rheumatol 1998;37:555-61.
20. Prevoo ML, van 't Hof MA, Kuper HH, van Leeuwen MA, van de Putte LB, van Riel PL. Modified disease activity scores that include twenty-eight-joint counts. Development and validation in a prospective longitudinal study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 1995;38:44-8.
21. van der Heijde DM, van Riel PL, van Leeuwen MA, van 't Hof MA, van Rijswijk MH, van de Putte LB. Prognostic factors for radiographic damage and physical disability in early rheumatoid arthritis. A prospective follow-up study of 147 patients. Br J Rheumatol 1992;31:519-25.
22. van Gestel AM, Prevoo ML, van 't Hof MA, van Rijswijk MH, van de Putte LB, van Riel PL. Development and validation of the European League Against Rheumatism response criteria for rheumatoid arthritis. Comparison with the preliminary American College of Rheumatology and the World Health Organization/International League Against Rheumatism Criteria. Arthritis Rheum 1996; 39:34-40.
23. Arnett FC, Edworthy SM, Bloch DA et al. The American Rheumatism Association 1987 revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 1988;31:315-24.
24. MacGregor AJ, Bamber S, Silman AJ. A comparison of the performance of different methods of disease classification for rheumatoid arthritis. Results of an analysis from a nationwide twin study. J Rheumatol 1994;21:1420-6.
25. Pocket yearbook. The Hague: Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics, 1939, 1950, 1959, 1977.
26. Deighton CM, Roberts DF, Walker DJ. Effect of disease severity on rheumatoid arthritis concordance in same sexed siblings. Ann Rheum Dis 1992;51:943-5.
27. Wolfe F, Kleinheksel SM, Khan MA. Familial vs sporadic rheumatoid arthritis: a comparison of the demographic and clinical characteristics of 956 patients. J Rheumatol 1988;15:400-4.
28. Khan MA, Kammer G, Dejelo CL, Kushner I, Braun WE, Ballou SP. Study of HLA antigens in familial and sporadic rheumatoid arthritis. Tissue Antigens 1983; 21:35-8.
29. Sanders PA, Grennan DM, Dyer PA, Thomson W, deLange GG. A comparison of clinical and immunogenetic features in familial and sporadic rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol 1987;14:718-22.
30. Kwoh CK, Venglish C, Lynn AH, Whitley DM, Young E, Chakravarti A. Age, sex, and the familial risk of rheumatoid arthritis. Am J Epidemiol 1996;144: 15-24.
31. Weyand CM, Schmidt D, Wagner U, Goronzy JJ. The influence of sex on the phenotype of rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 1998;41:817-22.