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ArticleSAGE open medicine2024

Demographic and clinical associations of autoimmune diseases in rheumatoid arthritis patients: Insights from a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia from 2019 to 2023.

Nouf Alghofaili, Samaher Ismail, Abdullah Aladnani, Abdullah Alfarsi, Sally Aqabawi, Ghofran Shahat, Abeer Zakariyah, Ahmed Alhazmi, Tariq Albeshri

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Nouf AlghofailiDepartment of Medicine, King Fahad Armed Forced Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Samaher IsmailDepartment of Medicine, King Fahad Armed Forced Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah AladnaniDepartment of Medicine, King Fahad Armed Forced Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah AlfarsiDepartment of Medicine, King Fahad Armed Forced Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Sally AqabawiDepartment of Medicine, King Fahad Armed Forced Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Ghofran ShahatDepartment of Medicine, King Fahad Armed Forced Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Abeer ZakariyahDepartment of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2798-3927
Ahmed AlhazmiDepartment of Medicine, King Fahad Armed Forced Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Tariq AlbeshriDepartment of Medicine, King Fahad Armed Forced Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Rheumatoid arthritis is a severe inflammatory arthritis that causes irreversible damage to joints and bones, resulting in deformities and disabilities. Population-based studies on the co-occurrence in patients with rheumatoid arthritis are lacking despite shared mechanisms with other autoimmune diseases. Objectives: This study aimed to determine the prevalence and association of autoimmune diseases among patients with rheumatoid arthritis and explore the associations between autoimmune diseases and treatment options for rheumatoid arthritis. Method: This retrospective study was conducted from 2019 to 2023 at King Fahad Armed Forces Hospitals, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Data were cleaned in Excel and analyzed using IBM SPSS version 29. The activity of the disease was assessed through clinical manifestations, laboratory findings, and its associations with other autoimmune diseases. Results: Our study included 365 patients with rheumatoid arthritis, predominantly female (89%), and observed diverse demographics and comorbidities. Prevalent conditions included diabetes mellitus (28.2%), hypertension (27.3%), and dyslipidemia (14.7%). Other autoimmune diseases were present in 24.9% of patients, with notable associations with age at rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis and endocrine, rheumatology/dermatology, and pulmonary disorders ( Conclusion: Our study provides a thorough overview of rheumatoid arthritis in a large cohort, revealing demographic trends, comorbidities, autoimmune disease prevalence, treatment preferences, and associations. Relationships with age at rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis and other autoimmune diseases were noted. Treatment approaches varied, with no significant associations between autoimmune disorders and specific modalities.

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autoimmune diseasescomorbiditiesRheumatoid arthritis

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PMID39351070
PMCPMC11440536

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