Still's disease continuum from childhood to elderly : data from the international AIDA Network Still's disease registry

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OBJECTIVE: Still's disease is more frequently observed in the paediatric context, but a delayed onset is not exceptional both in the adulthood and in the elderly. However, whether paediatric-onset, adult-onset and elderly-onset Still's disease represent expressions of the same disease continuum or different clinical entities is still a matter of controversy. The aim of this study is to search for any differences in demographic, clinical features and response to treatment between pediatric-onset, adult-onset and elderly-onset Still's disease.

METHODS: Subjects included in this study were drawn from the International AutoInflammatory Disease Alliance Network registry for patients with Still's disease.

RESULTS: A total of 411 patients suffering from Still's disease were enrolled; the disease occurred in the childhood in 65 (15.8%) patients, in the adult 314 (76.4%) patients and in the elderly in 32 (7.8%) patients. No statistically significant differences at post-hoc analysis were observed in demographic features of the disease between pediatric-onset, adult-onset and elderly-onset Still's disease. The salmon-coloured skin rash (p=0.004), arthritis (p=0.009) and abdominal pain (p=0.007) resulted significantly more frequent among paediatric patients than in adult cases, while pleuritis (p=0.015) and arthralgia (p<0.0001) were significantly more frequent among elderly-onset patients compared with paediatric-onset subjects. Regarding laboratory data, thrombocytosis was significantly more frequent among paediatric patients onset compared with adult-onset subjects (p<0.0001), while thrombocytopenia was more frequent among elderly-onset patients although statistical significance was only bordered. No substantial differences were observed in the response to treatments.

CONCLUSIONS: Despite some minor difference between groups, overall, demographic, clinical, laboratory and treatments aspects of Still's disease were similarly observed in patients at all ages. This supports that pediatric-onset, adult-onset and elderly-onset Still's disease is the same clinical condition arising in different ages.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

RMD open - 9(2023), 4 vom: 01. Dez.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Vitale, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Caggiano, Valeria [VerfasserIn]
Lopalco, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Mayrink Giardini, Henrique A [VerfasserIn]
Ciccia, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Almaghlouth, Ibrahim A [VerfasserIn]
Ruscitti, Piero [VerfasserIn]
Sfikakis, Petros P [VerfasserIn]
Tufan, Abdurrahman [VerfasserIn]
Dagna, Lorenzo [VerfasserIn]
Giacomelli, Roberto [VerfasserIn]
Hinojosa-Azaola, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Ragab, Gafaar [VerfasserIn]
Direskeneli, Haner [VerfasserIn]
Fotis, Lampros [VerfasserIn]
Sota, Jurgen [VerfasserIn]
Iannone, Florenzo [VerfasserIn]
Morrone, Maria [VerfasserIn]
de Brito Antonelli, Isabele Parente [VerfasserIn]
Dagostin, Marilia Ambiel [VerfasserIn]
Iacono, Daniela [VerfasserIn]
Patrone, Martina [VerfasserIn]
Asfina, Kazi [VerfasserIn]
Alanazi, Fehaid [VerfasserIn]
Di Cola, Ilenia [VerfasserIn]
Gaggiano, Carla [VerfasserIn]
Tektonidou, Maria G [VerfasserIn]
Kardas, Riza Can [VerfasserIn]
Kucuk, Hamit [VerfasserIn]
Campochiaro, Corrado [VerfasserIn]
Tomelleri, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Navarini, Luca [VerfasserIn]
Berardicurti, Onorina [VerfasserIn]
Martín-Nares, Eduardo [VerfasserIn]
Torres-Ruiz, Jiram [VerfasserIn]
Mahmoud, Ayman Abdel-Monem Ahmed [VerfasserIn]
Alibaz-Oner, Fatma [VerfasserIn]
Kourtesi, Katerina [VerfasserIn]
Tarsia, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Sfriso, Paolo [VerfasserIn]
Makowska, Joanna [VerfasserIn]
Govoni, Marcello [VerfasserIn]
La Torre, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Maggio, Maria Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Monti, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Del Giudice, Emanuela [VerfasserIn]
Emmi, Giacomo [VerfasserIn]
Bartoloni, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Hernández-Rodríguez, José [VerfasserIn]
Gómez-Caverzaschi, Verónica [VerfasserIn]
Maier, Armin [VerfasserIn]
Simonini, Gabriele [VerfasserIn]
Iagnocco, Annamaria [VerfasserIn]
Conti, Giovanni [VerfasserIn]
Olivieri, Alma Nunzia [VerfasserIn]
De Paulis, Amato [VerfasserIn]
Lo Gullo, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Viapiana, Ombretta [VerfasserIn]
Wiesik-Szewczyk, Ewa [VerfasserIn]
Erten, Sukran [VerfasserIn]
Ogunjimi, Benson [VerfasserIn]
Carubbi, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Tharwat, Samar [VerfasserIn]
Laskari, Katerina [VerfasserIn]
Costi, Stefania [VerfasserIn]
Triggianese, Paola [VerfasserIn]
Karamanakos, Anastasios [VerfasserIn]
Conforti, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Frassi, Micol [VerfasserIn]
Sebastiani, Gian Domenico [VerfasserIn]
Gidaro, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Mauro, Angela [VerfasserIn]
Balistreri, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Fabiani, Claudia [VerfasserIn]
Frediani, Bruno [VerfasserIn]
Cantarini, Luca [VerfasserIn]

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Child
Epidemiology
Journal Article
Still's Disease, Adult-Onset

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Date Completed 07.12.2023

Date Revised 11.12.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/rmdopen-2023-003578

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365443794