Inactive Disease in Enthesitis-related Arthritis: Association of Increased Body Mass Index

Makay B., Gucenmez O. A., Unsal E.

JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY, vol.43, no.5, pp.937-943, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 43 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.3899/jrheum.151208
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.937-943
  • Keywords: ENTHESITIS-RELATED ARTHRITIS, BODY MASS INDEX, INACTIVE DISEASE
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective. Patients with enthesitis-related arthritis (ERA) were less likely to achieve and sustain inactive disease than children with other subtypes of juvenile idiopathic arthritis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of increased body mass index (BMI) on clinical features of the disease and to investigate whether being overweight or obese limits the possibility of achieving clinically inactive disease in patients with ERA.