HLA-B27 predicts a more chronic disease course in an 8-year followup cohort of patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

OBJECTIVE: We investigated associations of HLA-B27 with clinical manifestations and longterm outcome in a near population-based setting among patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).

METHODS: We studied clinical and serological data from 410 patients with HLA-B27 results among 440 prospectively collected patients with JIA with 8-year followup data in a Nordic database. The study was structured to be as close to a population-based study as possible.

RESULTS: HLA-B27 was analyzed in 93% of patients, and was positive in 21% of the cohort, in 18.4% of the girls and in 25.9% of the boys. Boys who were HLA-B27-positive had significantly higher age at onset compared to HLA-B27-negative boys and compared to both HLA-B27-negative and positive girls. This difference in onset age in relation to HLA-B27 was not found in girls. HLA-B27 was associated with clinical signs of sacroiliitis, enthesitis, and tenosynovitis in boys, but not in girls. After 8 years of disease, 46 children (11.2%) were classified as having enthesitis-related arthritis (ERA). Boys with ERA had clinical signs of sacroiliitis more often than girls with ERA. HLA-B27-positive children, as well as children with clinical signs of sacroiliitis, enthesitis, and hip arthritis, had higher odds of not being in remission off medication after 8 years of disease.

CONCLUSION: In this near population-based Nordic JIA cohort we found significant differences between HLA-B27-positive boys and girls in age at disease onset, clinical signs of sacroiliitis, and ERA classification. HLA-B27 was negatively associated with longterm remission status, possibly because of its association with clinical disease characteristics, such as sacroiliitis, rather than being a general marker of persistent disease.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2013

Erschienen:

2013

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:40

Enthalten in:

The Journal of rheumatology - 40(2013), 5 vom: 01. Mai, Seite 725-31

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Berntson, Lillemor [VerfasserIn]
Nordal, Ellen [VerfasserIn]
Aalto, Kristiina [VerfasserIn]
Peltoniemi, Suvi [VerfasserIn]
Herlin, Troels [VerfasserIn]
Zak, Marek [VerfasserIn]
Nielsen, Susan [VerfasserIn]
Rygg, Marite [VerfasserIn]
Nordic Study Group of Paediatric Rheumatology [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CHILD
GENETICS
HLA-B27
HLA-B27 Antigen
JOINTS
JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 10.12.2013

Date Revised 20.11.2014

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3899/jrheum.121257

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM226305503