Assessment of the New 2012 EULAR/ACR Clinical Classification Criteria for Polymyalgia Rheumatica : A Prospective Multicenter Study

OBJECTIVE: To assess the performance of the new 2012 provisional European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)/American College of Rheumatology (ACR) polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) clinical classification criteria in discriminating PMR from other mimicking conditions compared with the previous 5 diagnostic criteria in a multicenter prospective study.

METHODS: Patients older than 50 years, presenting with new-onset bilateral shoulder pain with elevated acute-phase reactants (APR), were assessed for the fulfillment of the new and old classification/diagnostic criteria sets for PMR. At the end of the 1-year followup, 133 patients were diagnosed with PMR (expert opinion) and 142 with non-PMR conditions [69 rheumatoid arthritis (RA)]. Discriminating capacity, sensitivity, and specificity of the criteria sets were estimated.

RESULTS: Discriminating capacity of the new clinical criteria for PMR from non-PMR conditions and RA as estimated by area under the curve (AUC) were good with AUC of 0.736 and 0.781, respectively. The new criteria had a sensitivity of 89.5% and a specificity of 57.7% when tested against all non-PMR cases. When tested against all RA, seropositive RA, seronegative RA, and non-RA control patients, specificity changed to 66.7%, 100%, 20.7%, and 49.3%, respectively. Except for the Bird criteria, the 4 previous criteria had lower sensitivity and higher specificity (ranging from 83%-93%) compared with the new clinical criteria in discriminating PMR from all other controls.

CONCLUSION: The new 2012 EULAR/ACR clinical classification criteria for PMR is highly sensitive; however, its ability to discriminate PMR from other inflammatory/noninflammatory shoulder conditions, especially from seronegative RA, is not adequate. Imaging and other modifications such as cutoff values for APR might increase the specificity of the criteria.

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CommentIn: J Rheumatol. 2016 May;43(5):836-8. - PMID 27134265

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:43

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The Journal of rheumatology - 43(2016), 5 vom: 01. Mai, Seite 893-900

Sprache:

Englisch

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Ozen, Gulsen [VerfasserIn]
Inanc, Nevsun [VerfasserIn]
Unal, Ali Ugur [VerfasserIn]
Bas, Seda [VerfasserIn]
Kimyon, Gezmis [VerfasserIn]
Kisacik, Bunyamin [VerfasserIn]
Onat, Ahmet Mesut [VerfasserIn]
Murat, Sadiye [VerfasserIn]
Keskin, Havva [VerfasserIn]
Can, Meryem [VerfasserIn]
Mengi, Alperen [VerfasserIn]
Cakir, Necati [VerfasserIn]
Balkarli, Ayse [VerfasserIn]
Cobankara, Veli [VerfasserIn]
Yilmaz, Neslihan [VerfasserIn]
Yazici, Ayten [VerfasserIn]
Dogru, Atalay [VerfasserIn]
Sahin, Mehmet [VerfasserIn]
Sahin, Ali [VerfasserIn]
Gok, Kevser [VerfasserIn]
Senel, Soner [VerfasserIn]
Pamuk, Omer Nuri [VerfasserIn]
Yilmaz, Sema [VerfasserIn]
Bayindir, Ozun [VerfasserIn]
Aksu, Kenan [VerfasserIn]
Cagatay, Yonca [VerfasserIn]
Akyol, Lutfi [VerfasserIn]
Sayarlioglu, Mehmet [VerfasserIn]
Yildirim-Cetin, Gozde [VerfasserIn]
Yasar-Bilge, Sule [VerfasserIn]
Yagci, Ilker [VerfasserIn]
Aydin, Sibel Zehra [VerfasserIn]
Alibaz-Oner, Fatma [VerfasserIn]
Atagunduz, Pamir [VerfasserIn]
Direskeneli, Haner [VerfasserIn]

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CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

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Date Completed 07.12.2017

Date Revised 19.04.2022

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CommentIn: J Rheumatol. 2016 May;43(5):836-8. - PMID 27134265

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3899/jrheum.151103

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NLM257064834