Hydroxychloroquine-induced pigmentation in rheumatic diseases : prevalence, clinical features and influencing factors

© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Rheumatology..

OBJECTIVE: To describe the clinical features of Chinese patients with hydroxychloroquine (HCQ)-induced pigmentation and analyze the potential risk factors associated with HCQ-induced pigmentation.

METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted over a duration of 7 months, during which patients who had received HCQ treatment for >6 months were included. Data was collected through a structured questionnaire that encompassed demographic and geographic characteristics, information on HCQ and concomitant medication usage, sun exposure characteristics, and hyperpigmentation-related characteristics. Univariate and multivariate analyses were employed to calculate the statistical association between HCQ-induced pigmentation and multiple variables.

RESULTS: Out of 316 patients, 83 (26.3%) patients presented hyperpigmentation during HCQ treatment. Hyperpigmentation presented after a median duration of HCQ treatment of 12 months (interquartile range, 6.0 months-30.0 months) with a median cumulative dose of 108 g of HCQ (interquartile range, 36-288 g). The most frequently affected sites of pigmentation were the face (60.2%), lower limbs (36.1%), and hands (20.5%). There was a linear decrease in the incidence of pigmentation with increasing daily sun exposure time (p= 0.030). In the multivariate analysis, variables (cumulative HCQ dose and daily sun exposure time) were included in the final models. The results revealed an independent correlation between HCQ-induced pigmentation and daily sun exposure exceeding 1 h (OR: 0.431; 95%CI: 0.208-0.892; p= 0.023).

CONCLUSIONS: The occurrence of HCQ-induced pigmentation is not uncommon, with an incidence rate of 26.3%. Daily sun exposure time exhibited a protective effect against HCQ-induced pigmentation.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - (2024) vom: 08. Apr.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yin, Zi-Jing [VerfasserIn]
Li, Pin [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Zuo, Dachen [VerfasserIn]
Fan, Hongtao [VerfasserIn]
Li, Fayou [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Fei [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Weiqin [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Shuya [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Sha [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jing [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Clinical features
Hydroxychloroquine(HCQ)
Influencing factors
Journal Article
Pigmentation
Prevalence
Sun exposure

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Date Revised 08.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.1093/rheumatology/keae217

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370779126