Diagnostic delay of associated interstitial lung disease increases mortality in rheumatoid arthritis: Spanish RA-ILD cohort

Abstract Introduction: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease whose main extra-articular organ affected is the lung, sometimes in the form of diffuse interstitial lung disease (ILD) and conditions the prognosis. Methods: A multicenter, observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study of consecutive patients diagnosed with RA-ILD between 2013 and 2018. Demographic, analytical, respiratory functional and evolution characteristics were analyzed to evaluate the predictors of progression and mortality. Results: 106 patients were included. The mean age was 70.2±19.8 years and 51.9% of the patients presented UIP pattern. In the multivariate Cox analysis the age (HR 1.33, 95% CI 1.09-1.62, p=0.0045), the DLCO (%) (HR 0.85, 95% CI 0.73-0.98, p=0.0246), and the final SatO2 (%) in the 6MWT (HR 0.62, 95% CI 0.39-0.99, p=0.0465) were independent predictor variables of mortality, as well as the GAP index (HR 4.65, 95% CI 1.59 - 13.54, p=0.0051) and the CPI index (HR 1.12, 95% CI 1.03 - 1.22, p=0.0092). Also highlight that the diagnostic delay was an independent predictor of mortality (HR 1.11, CI 1.01-1.23, p = 0.035). Conclusions: This is the first study where it is objectified that the diagnostic delay in RA-ILD is associated with an increased mortality just like happens in IPF..

Medienart:

Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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ResearchSquare.com - (2022) vom: 29. Juli Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2022

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cano-Jiménez, Esteban [VerfasserIn]
Rodríguez, Tomás Vázquez [VerfasserIn]
Martín-Robles, Irene [VerfasserIn]
Villegas, Diego Castillo [VerfasserIn]
García, Javier Juan [VerfasserIn]
de Miguel, Elena Bollo [VerfasserIn]
Robles-Pérez, Alejandro [VerfasserIn]
Galván, Marta Ferrer [VerfasserIn]
Roibas, Cecilia Mouronte [VerfasserIn]
Lara, Susana Herrera [VerfasserIn]
Bermudo, Guadalupe [VerfasserIn]
Moyano, Marta García [VerfasserIn]
Portal, José Antonio Rodríguez [VerfasserIn]
Torres, Jacobo Sellarés [VerfasserIn]
Molina-Molina, María [VerfasserIn]

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570
Biology

doi:

10.21203/rs.3.rs-125763/v1

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

XRA034444807