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Table 2 Comparison between ASAS criteria for peripheral spondyloarthritis and current revised ILAR classification criteria for ERA

From: Clinical features of children with enthesitis-related juvenile idiopathic arthritis / juvenile spondyloarthritis followed in a French tertiary care pediatric rheumatology centre

 

ASAS criteria for peripheral SpA

ILAR criteria for ERA or PsA

p

1st consultation (%)

 All patients

83 (73%)

55 (48%)

<  0.01

 Boys

55 (76%)

43 (60%)

0.03

 Girls

28 (67%)

12 (29%)

< 0.01

Last follow up (%)

 All patients

105 (92%)

85 (75%)

< 0.01

 Boys

65 (90%)

56 (78%)

0.04

 Girls

40 (95%)

32 (76%)

0.01

  1. ASAS Assessment of Spondyloarthritis International Society, ILAR International League of Association for Rheumatology, ERA enthesitis related arthritis
  2. In our cohort, the ASAS criteria more efficiently diagnosed juvenile spondyloarthritis than the ILAR criteria. Furthermore, the ILAR criteria performed more poorly in the diagnosis of the disease during the first year in girls than boys (p = 0.001)
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