Clinical profile and outcome of patients with chronic inflammatory arthritis and metabolic syndrome

AbstractSystemic chronic inflammation may favor the onset of metabolic syndrome (MetS) which represents a risk factor for CV events. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are disorders with high prevalence of MetS. We assessed the factors associated with MetS and its prognostic role in non-selected RA/AS/PsA patients. Between March 2014 and April 2016, 458 patients (228 RA, 134 PsA, 96 AS) selected for a primary prevention program for cardiovascular diseases were analyzed. Primary and co-primary end points were a composite of all-cause death/all-cause hospitalization and CV death/CV hospitalization, respectively. MetS was diagnosed according to the IDF Task Force on Epidemiology and Prevention. Patients were divided into MetS  + (73 = 16%) and MetS − (385 = 84%). At multivariate logistic analysis, cancer, moderate/high disease activity, higher LV mass (LVM) and degree of LV diastolic dysfunction were independently associated with MetS. At 36-month follow-up, the event rate for primary/co-primary end point w as 52/15% in MetS + vs 23/7% in MetS − (bothp <  0.001). At multivariate Cox regression analysis, MetS was related to primary end point (HR 1.52 [CI 1.01–2.47],p = 0.04) together with higher LVM, disease duration and higher prevalence of biologic DMARDs refractoriness, and to co-primary end point (HR 2.05 [CI 1.16–3.60],p = 0.01) together with older age and higher LVM. The RA/AS/PsA pheno...
Source: Internal and Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research