Vitamin D, disease activity and comorbidities in early spondyloarthritis.

Hmamouchi, Ihsane
Paternotte, Simon
Moltó, Anna
Etcheto, Adrien
Borderie, Didier
Combe, Bernard
Dougados, Maxime

Publication date

May 2016

Publisher

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology Sas

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International audienceOBJECTIVES:To assess the vitamin D status in patients presenting inflammatory back pain suggestive of axial spondyloarthritis and to assess the relationship between vitamin D status and disease activity/severity; comorbidities at baseline and during the first two years of follow-up.METHODS:DESIR is a prospective, multicentre, observational study. Vitamin D deficiency was defined as <50 nmol/L and severe deficiency less than 25 nmol/L. Clinical variables were collected at each six month interval visits during the two-year follow-up.RESULTS:A total of 700 patients were analysed. The mean vitamin D was 54.2±28.7 nmol/L. Severe deficiency were observed in 11.7% versus 5% in the DESIR cohort versus the French population res...

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Vitamin D, disease activity and comorbidities in early spondyloarthritis.

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