Polymyalgia rheumatica can be distinguished from late onset rheumatoid arthritis at baseline: Results of a 5-yr prospective study

Rheumatology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-127

  Pease, Colin T ^a,e   Haugeberg, G ^a,b   Montague, B ^c   Hensor, E M A ^a   Bhakta, B B ^a   Thomson, W ^d   Ollier, W E R ^d   Morgan, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e CHAPEL ALLERTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HLA DRB1; Outcome; Polymyalgia rheumatica; Prospective study; Rheumatoid arthritis; Temporal arteritis

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; HEMOGLOBIN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; LABORATORY TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMA VISCOSITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ALLELES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENOTYPE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 58749113829     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ken343     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Lopez-Hoyos M, Ruiz de Alegria C, Blanco R et al. Clinical utility of anti-CCP antibodies in the differential diagnosis of elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis and polymyalgia rheumatica. Rheumatology 2004;43:655-7.
2. Healey LA, Sheets PK. The relation of polymyalgia rheumatica to rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol 1988;15:750-2.
3. Gonzalez-Gay MA, Hajeer AH, Dababneh A et al. Seronegative rheumatoid arthritis in elderly and polymyalgia rheumatica have similar patterns of HLA association. J Rheumatol 2001;28:122-5.
4. Pease CT, Bhakta BB, Devlin J, Emery P. Does the age of onset of rheumatoid arthritis influence phenotype?: A prospective study of outcome and prognostic factors. Rheumatology 1999;38:228-34.
5. Kyle V, Tudor J, Wraight EP, Gresham GA, Hazleman BL. Rarity of synovitis in polymyalgia rheumatica. Ann Rheum Dis 1990;49:155-7.
6. Myklebust G, Gran JT. A prospective study of 287 patients with polymyalgia rheumatica and temporal arteritis: Clinical and laboratory manifestations at onset of disease and at the time of diagnosis. Br J Rheumatol 1996;35:1161-8.
7. Salvarani C, Cantini F, Macchioni P et al. Distal musculoskeletal manifestations in polymyalgia rheumatica: A prospective followup study. Arthritis Rheum 1998;41:1221-6.
8. Gran JT, Myklebust G. The incidence and clinical characteristics of peripheral arthritis in polymyalgia rheumatica and temporal arteritis: A prospective study of 231 cases. Rheumatology 2000;39:283-7.
9. Arnett FC, Edworth SM, Bloch DA et al. The American Rheumatism Association 1987 revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 1988;31:315-24.
10. Cutolo M, Montecucco CM, Cavagna L et al. Serum cytokines and steroidal hormones in polymyalgia rheumatica and elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2006;65:1438-43.
11. Pease CT, Haugeberg G, Morgan AW, Montague B, Bhakta BB. The clinical challenge in diagnosing late onset rheumatoid arthritis, polymyalgia rheumatica and temporal arteritis in patients presenting with polymyalgic symptoms. A prospective long term evaluation of initial clinical features and final diagnosis. J Rheumatol 2005;32:1043-6.
12. Hutchinson RM, Eastham RD. A comparison of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate and plasma viscosity in detecting changes in plasma proteins. J Clin Pathol 1977;30:345-9.
13. Bird HA, Esselinckx W, Dixon AS, Mowat AG, Wood PH. An evaluation of criteria for polymyalgia rheumatica. Ann Rheum Dis 1979;38:434-9.
14. Hunder GG, Bloch DA, Michel BA et al. The American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of giant cell arteritis. Arthritis Rheum 1990;33:1122-8.
15. Marzo-Ortega H, McGonagle D, O'Connor P, Pease C, Emery P. Subclinical vasculitis in polymyalgia rheumatica. Ann Rheum Dis 2001;60:1058-9.
16. McGonagle D, Pease C, Marzo-Ortega H, O'Connor P, Gibbon W, Emery P. Comparison of extracapsular changes by magnetic resonance imaging in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and polymyalgia rheumatica. J Rheumatol 2001;28: 1837-41.
17. Bhakta BB, Pease CT. Late-onset rheumatoid arthritis: Is pitting oedema of the hands at onset a good prognostic indicator? Br J Rheumatol 1997; 36:214-9.
18. McCarty DJ, O'Duffy JD, Pearson L, Hunter JB. Remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema. RS3PE syndrome. J Am Med Assoc 1985;254:2763-7.
19. Morgan AW, Keyte VH, Babbage SJ et al. FcγRIIIA-158V and rheumatoid arthritis. A confirmation study. Rheumatology 2003;42:528-33.
20. Voorter C, van den Berg-Loonen E. Sequence-based typing for HLA DRB1 and DRB3/4/5 strategy for ALF express. In: Tilanus MGJ, ed. IHWG technical manual. Genomic analysis of the human MHC. DNA based typing for HLA alleles and linked polymorphisms. Publication of 13th International Histocompatability Working Group, Seattle, USA, 2000.
21. Holm S. A simple sequentially rejective multiple test procedure. Scand J Stat 1979;6:65-70.
22. Gonzalez-Gay MA, Amoli MM, Garcia-Porrua C, Ollier WE. Genetic markers of disease susceptibility and severity in giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica. Semin Arthritis Rheum 2003;33:38-48.
23. Weyand CM, Hunder NN, Hicok KC, Hunder GG, Goronzy JJ. HLA-DRB1 alleles in polymyalgia rheumatica, giant cell arteritis, and rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 1994;37:514-20.
24. Combe B, Sany J, Le Quellec A, Clot J, Eliaou JF. Distribution of HLA-DRB1 alleles of patients with polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis in a Mediterranean population. J Rheumatol 1998;25:94-8.
25. Haworth S, Ridgeway J, Stewart I, Dyer PA, Pepper L, Ollier W. Polymyalgia rheumatica is associated with both HLA-DRB1*0401 and DRB1*0404. Br J Rheumatol 1996;35:632-5.
26. Guerne PA, Salvi M, Seitz M et al. Molecular analysis of HLA-DR polymorphism in polymyalgia rheumatica. Swiss Group for Research on HLA in Polymyalgia Rheumatica. J Rheumatol 1997;24:671-6.
27. Dababneh A, Gonzalez-Gay MA, Garcia-Porrua C, Hajeer A, Thomson W, Ollier W. Giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica can be differentiated by distinct patterns of HLA class II association. J Rheumatol 1998;25:2140-5.
28. Salvarani C, Boiardi L, Mantovani V et al. HLA-DRB1 alleles associated with polymyalgia rheumatica in northern Italy: Correlation with disease severity. Ann Rheum Dis 1999;58:303-8.