Subclinical atherosclerotic disease in ankylosing spondylitis and non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis. A multicenter study on 806 patients

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  • Ferraz-Amaro I
  • Hernández-Hernández V
  • Quevedo-Abeledo JC
  • Rodríguez-Lozano C
  • Lopez Medina C
  • Ladehesa-Pineda ML
  • Castañeda S
  • Vicente EF
  • Fernández-Carballido C
  • Martínez-Vidal MP
  • Castro-Corredor D
  • Anino-Fernández J
  • Peiteado D
  • Plasencia-Rodríguez C
  • García-Vivar ML
  • Galíndez-Agirregoikoa E
  • Montes Perez E
  • Fernández Díaz C

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Abstract

Objectives: To compare the atherosclerosis disease burden between ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and nonradiographic (nr) axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and establish a model that allows to identify high-cardiovascular (CV) risk in axial spondyloarthritis patients. Methods: Cross-sectional study from the AtheSpAin cohort, a Spanish multicenter cohort aimed to study atherosclerosis in axSpA. Carotid ultrasound (US) was performed to determine the carotid intima-media wall thickness (cIMT) and detect the presence of carotid plaques. The European cardiovascular disease risk assessment model, the Systematic COronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE), was also applied. Results: A set of 639 patients with AS and 167 patients with nr-axSpA without history of CV events were recruited. AS patients were older showing more CV risk factors and higher values of C reactive protein and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) than those with nr-axSpA. However, no difference in the prevalence of carotid plaques or in the cIMT was found between both groups in the adjusted analysis. The percentage of patients reclassified from the low and moderate CV risk categories to the very high-risk category due to the presence of carotid plaques was comparable in AS and nr-axSpA (10.7% versus 10.1% and 40.5% versus 45.5%, respectively). A model containing age, BASFI and ESR applied to moderate risk axSpA patients identified 41% of these patients as having very high-risk patients with high specificity (88%). Conclusion: The atherosclerosis burden is similar in nr-axSpA and AS. As occurred for AS, more than 40% of axSpA patients included in the category of moderate CV risk according to the SCORE are reclassified into very high risk after carotid US, and a clinically relevant proportion of them can be detected by applying a model containing age, BASFI and ESR. (c) 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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ISSN/ISSNe:
0049-0172, 1532-866X

SEMINARS IN ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM  W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC

Tipo:
Article
Páginas:
395-403
PubMed:
33607385
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Keywords

  • Ankylosing spondylitis; Non-radiographic spondyloarthritis; Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular; SCORE

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