Prevalence of comorbid conditions in rheumatoid arthritic patients diagnosed at a rheumatology clinic at a tertiary care hospital of western India

Priyanka Vaghela  lowast; Bushra Jarullah

doi:10.17485/IJST/v13i11.139

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Prevalence of comorbid conditions in rheumatoid arthritic patients diagnosed at a rheumatology clinic at a tertiary care hospital of western India

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Indian Journal of Science and Technology

DOI: 10.17485/IJST/v13i11.139

Year: 2020, Volume: 13, Issue: 11, Pages: 1265-1269

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Prevalence of comorbid conditions in rheumatoid arthritic patients diagnosed at a rheumatology clinic at a tertiary care hospital of western India

Priyanka Vaghela^1∗, Bushra Jarullah¹

¹Shri M.M. Patel Institute of Sciences and Research, Kadi Sarva Vishwavidyalaya, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India

*Author for correspondence
Priyanka Vaghela
Shri M.M. Patel Institute of Sciences and Research, Kadi Sarva Vishwavidyalaya, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.
Email: [email protected]

Received Date:05 April 2020, Accepted Date:10 April 2020, Published Date:29 April 2020

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Abstract

Background /Objectives: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an auto immune disease affecting 1% of the world's population causing permanent deformation of the affected joint. The objective is to study the prevalence of different comorbidities found amongst the RA patients frequenting the rheumatology clinic at a tertiary care hospital of western India. Methodology: The study was carried amongst the RA patients frequenting the rheumatology outpatient clinic between the years January 2012 till December 2014. A Total of 6,158 patients of Rheumatoid arthritis were studied. All the patients were diagnosed based on the 2010 ACR standard classification criteria with their consent. Findings: Out of 6,158 patients surveyed, the disease was found to be more common in females (66.79%) than males (33.21%) making the ratio approximately 2:1. Comorbid conditions were associated with 34.33% of rheumatoid arthritis patients. The most frequent comorbid condition was found to be thyroid dysfunction with 16.68% patient population affected. Frequency of RA females (65.53%) was higher as compared to RA males (34.47%). Hypertension was the second most co prevalent disorder which was found in 12.34% of the patient population. Osteoporosis (3.33%), Soft tissue rheumatism (2.55 %) and Systemic Lupus Erythematous (0.86%) were also found in few of the RA patients. Application/Improvements: An in depth understanding of the frequency of prevalence of the different comorbid conditions to the rheumatoid arthritis patients will in future assure prompt and timely treatment for various diseases.

Keywords: Rheumatoid Arthritis; Prevalence; Co-morbid conditions; Western India

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