Risk factors of uveitis in ankylosing spondylitis / 中华风湿病学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To investigate the risk factors of uveitis in ankylosing spondylitis (AS).Methods:This retrospective study included 206 patients with AS who visited the department of rheumatology and immunology of People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region between January, 2018 and December, 2018. Those patients with uveitis were enrolled in the uveitis group. AS patients without uveitis were included in the non uveitis group as control. The basic clinical data, laboratory indexes and imaging data were analyzed retrospectively by t-test, Wilcoxon rank sum test, Chi square test and binary logistic regression. Results:Thirty-seven patients with uveitis and 169 patients without uveitis were included. Compared with the non uveitis group, patients with uveitis were older in age [(40±11) years vs (36±11) years, t=-2.06, P<0.05], longer in disease duration [10(5, 16) years vs 5(2, 10) years, Z=-3.16, P<0.01], more peripheral arthritis [51.4%(19/37) vs 32.5%(55/169), χ2=4.66, P<0.05] and peripheral enthesitis [40.5%(15/37) vs 11.8%(20/169), χ2=17.34, P<0.01], and higher human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B27 positive rate [100%(37/37) vs 85.8%(145/169), χ2=5.95, P=0.01]. However, there were no significant difference in gender, race, cervical tenderness, smoking history and volume, a positive family history of uveitis, a positive family history of AS and BMI. There was no significant difference in bloodplatelet (PLT), C-reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). By the binary logistic regression analysis, we found that peripheral enthesitis [ OR(95% CI)=4.289(1.832, 10.040), P<0.01], and longer disease duration [ OR(95% CI)=1.072(1.014, 1.134), P<0.05] were independently related to AS related uveitis. Conclusion:This study suggests that the risk of uveitis is increased in AS patients with longer disease duration and peripheral enthesitis.