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Table 2 Extra-articular clinical features in the various JIA subtypes presenting at University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia

From: Clinical patterns of juvenile idiopathic arthritis in Zambia

Clinical features

Systemic JIA (n = 11)

Polyarticular RF(−) JIA (n = 27)

Polyarticular RF(+) JIA (n = 9)

Oligoarticular (n = 25)

Psoriatic arthritis JIA (n = 1)

Enthesitis related JIA (n = 5)

Overall (n = 78)

Fever

11 (100%)

10 (37.0%)

2 (22.2%)

4 (16.0%)

1 (100%)

0 (0%)

28 (35.9%)

Still’s Rash

4 (36.4%)

2 (7.4%)

1 (11.1%)

2 (8.0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

9 (11.5%)

Eye Involvement

1 (9.1%)

1 (3.7%)

1 (11.1%)

3 (12.0%)

0 (0%)

4 (80.0%)

10(12.8%)

  Acute Uveitis

0 (0%)

1 (3.7%)

1 (11.1%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (20.0%)

3 (3.8%)

  Chronic Uveitis

1 (9.1%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

3 (12.0%)

0 (0%)

2 (40.0%)

6 (7.7%)

  Conjuctivitis

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (20.0%)

1 (1.3%)

  None

10 (90.9%)

26 (96.3%)

8 (88.9%)

22 (88.0%)

1 (100%)

1 (20.0%)

69(87.2% )

*ESR

40±29.0

59±39.2

53±2.0

44.2±22.3

ND

ND

52.25±34.4

(n = 3)

(n = 11)

(n = 2)

(n = 5)

  

(n = 21)

HB

11.1±0.82

10.7±2.47

11.1±0.0

11.56±2.01

ND

ND

11.0±2.2

 

(n = 3)

(n = 13)

(n = 2)

(n = 5)

  

(n = 23)

  1. NB.: JIA Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, n number, RF (−) Rheumatoid Factor negative, RF(+) Rheumatoid Factor Positive, ND Not determined, ESR Erythrocyte Sedimentation rate.
  2. * It must be noted that ESR were only available in 21 out of the 78 JIA case series.