Spondylitis is the most common pattern of psoriatic arthritis in Korea

Rheumatol Int. 2000;19(3):89-94. doi: 10.1007/s002960050109.

Abstract

We assessed the prevalence and clinical features of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in Korean patients with psoriasis. The prevalence of PsA in patients with psoriasis was 9%. Patients with PsA were older and had a longer duration of skin disease than those with psoriasis alone (median age, 40 vs 35 years, P = 0.03, and 15.3 vs 11.7 years, P = 0.04, respectively). Spondylitis was the most common pattern of PsA (50%). Nail change, dactylitis, and enthesopathy were observed in 36%, 15.4%, and 15.6% of patients with PsA, respectively. Increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), antinuclear antibody, and radiological sacroiliitis were more frequent in patients with PsA than in those with uncomplicated psoriasis (25.8% vs 10.3%, P = 0.04; 37.9% vs 16.7%, P = 0.02; and 37.8% vs 1.1%, P < 0.01, respectively). The onset ages of psoriasis and arthritis in the spondylitis group were significantly lower than those in the non-spondylitis group (median age, 21.5 vs 31 years, P = 0.03, and 28.5 vs 43.5 years, P = 0.01, respectively). HLA-B27 was prevalent in 8% of patients with PsA.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Antibodies, Antinuclear / blood
  • Arthritis, Psoriatic / blood
  • Arthritis, Psoriatic / epidemiology*
  • Arthritis, Psoriatic / physiopathology
  • Blood Sedimentation
  • Child
  • Female
  • HLA-B27 Antigen / blood
  • Humans
  • Korea / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prevalence
  • Rheumatoid Factor / blood
  • Sacrum*
  • Spondylitis / blood
  • Spondylitis / epidemiology*
  • Spondylitis / physiopathology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Antinuclear
  • HLA-B27 Antigen
  • Rheumatoid Factor