Predictive value of the adjusted Global Anti-Phospholipid Syndrome Score on clinical recurrence in APS patients : a longitudinal study

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OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of the average adjusted global APS score (aGAPSS) over time on recurrence of clinical manifestations in APS patients through a retrospective longitudinal study.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study included 200 patients with APS. The aGAPSS was calculated for each patient at baseline and on a yearly basis for either up to 6 years (minimum 3 years) or just before the clinical event in patients who experienced clinical recurrence. The mean score per patient was computed. In patients under vitamin K antagonists (VKA) the percentage of time spent within the therapeutic range (TTR) was calculated. Cox regression analysis was performed to determine the cut-off value of the aGAPSS with the strongest association with clinical recurrence.

RESULTS: Higher average aGAPSS values were found in patients who experienced clinical recurrence in comparison to patients who did not [8.81 (95% CI 7.53, 10.08) vs 6.38 (95% CI 5.64, 7.12), P = 0.001], patients with thrombotic recurrence compared with patients with obstetric recurrence [9.48 (95% CI 8.14, 10.82) vs 4.25 (95% CI 0.85, 7.65), P = 0.006] and patients with arterial thrombosis compared with patients with venous thrombosis [10.66 (S.D. 5.48) vs 6.63 (S.D. 4.42), P = 0.01]. aGAPSS values >13 points were associated with the highest risk of recurrence in multivariate analysis [HR = 3.25 (95% CI 1.93, 5.45), P < 0.0001]. TTR was not statistically different between patients who had thrombosis recurrence and patients who had not.

CONCLUSIONS: Our data support the role of periodic (annual) monitoring of the aGAPSS score in predicting clinical recurrence in patients with APS.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:62

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Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 62(2023), 4 vom: 03. Apr., Seite 1576-1585

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Barilaro, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Esteves, Alexandra [VerfasserIn]
Della Rocca, Carlo [VerfasserIn]
Perez-Isidro, Albert [VerfasserIn]
Araujo, Olga [VerfasserIn]
Pires da Rosa, Gilberto [VerfasserIn]
Ruiz-Ortiz, Estibaliz [VerfasserIn]
Tàssies Penella, Dolors [VerfasserIn]
Viñas, Odette [VerfasserIn]
Reverter, Joan Carles [VerfasserIn]
Cervera, Ricard [VerfasserIn]
Espinosa, Gerard [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

APS
Adjusted global APS score
Anticoagulants
Clinical recurrence
Journal Article
Time spent within the therapeutic range

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Date Completed 05.04.2023

Date Revised 07.04.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/rheumatology/keac485

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM34516055X