Data on 477 patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) from the Corrona psoriatic arthritis/spondyloarthritis registry (a prospective observational cohort from the USA) have revealed links between the presence of enthesitis and poor outcomes. Patients with axSpA who had enthesitis were more likely to be female, have non-radiographic disease and have a history of depression or fibromyalgia, as well as having greater disease activity (according to several measures) and worse quality of life than patients with axSpA who did not have enthesitis.
References
Original article
Mease, P. J. et al. Characterization of patients with axial spondyloarthritis by enthesitis presence: data from the Corrona psoriatic arthritis/spondyloarthritis registry. ACR Open Rheumatol. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr2.11154 (2020)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Clarke, J. Axial SpA with enthesitis characterized. Nat Rev Rheumatol 16, 472 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41584-020-0477-2
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41584-020-0477-2