Renal dysfunction among rheumatoid arthritis patients: A retrospective cohort study

Annals of Medicine and Surgery
Ashraf O OweisDeeb Jamil Zahran

Abstract

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common rheumatological disease which can involve a variety of different renal manifestations. This may be explained by disease effect itself or by medications used for treatment that may lead to renal dysfunction and its complications.We aimed to identify the prevalence and factors that played a role in renal dysfunction among RA Jordanian patients. 285 patients with RA visiting outpatient clinic between March 2016 and March 2017 were included in a retrospective study design. Age, gender, comorbidities, duration of the disease, medications and laboratory results were gathered and scoring of RA activity was done. Data gathered from the 285 patients showed a female predominance with 88.4% female and 11.6% male. The average disease duration was 6.7 years. Age, DM, HTN, and serum CRP were associated with worse renal function on univariate analysis. 44 patients (18.8%) presented with microscopic hematuria, 16 (6.9%) with proteinuria and only 5 (2.1%) patients presented with both microscopic hematuria and proteinuria. Patients with eGFR <60 ml/min had longer disease duration with a mean of 11 years (±7.7) in comparison to 6.4 years (±6.1) for those with eGFR>90 ml/min (P = 0.001). Renal dysfunction is n...Continue Reading

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