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Table 3 Medication exposure during first 12 months and at 12 months by JIA category

From: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis managed in the new millennium: one year outcomes of an inception cohort of Australian children

 

Any

NSAIDS

Oral steroids

IV steroids

Methotrexate

bDMARD

Ocular steroids

Steroid joint injections

Ever

n (%)

Ever

n (%)

At 12 m

n (%)

Ever

n (%)

At 12 m

n (%)

Number given

IV steroids n(%)

Ever

n (%)

Med. time to (m)

At 12 m

n (%)

Ever

n (%)

Med. time to (m)

At 12 m

n (%)

Ever

n (%)

At 12 m

n (%)

Ever

n (%)

Med joint injections per patienta

(range)

Oligoarticular

43(90)

43 (90)

13 (27)

7 (15)

4 (8)

0 (0)

9 (19)

2.1

9 (19)

1 (2)

12.2

1 (2)

8(17)

4(8)

45 (94)

1 (0–3)

Polyarticular RF -

34 (100)

33 (97)

17 (50)

21 (62)

5 (15)

2 (6)

32 (94)

0.8

32 (94)

6 (18)

5.4

6 (18)

0 (0)

0 (0)

16 (47)

0 (0–4)

Undifferentiated

17 (100)

17 (100)

12 (71)

13 (76)

5 (29)

1 (6)

13 (76)

0

12 (71)

3 (18)

5.5

3 (18)

0 (0)

0 (0)

10 (59)

1 (0–2)

Enthesitis related arthritis

13 (100)

13 (100)

7 (54)

10 (76)

4 (31)

0 (0)

12 (92)

3.1

8 (62)

4 (31)

5.8

4 (31)

0 (0)

0 (0)

5 (38)

0 (0–3)

Systemic

10 (100)

9 (90)

5 (50)

10 (100)

3 (30)

6 (60)

7 (70)

0.5

6 (60)

3 (30)

2.4

2 (20)

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (20)

0 (0–1)

Psoriatic arthritis

9 (100)

8 (89)

5 (56)

7 (78)

2 (22)

0 (0)

7 (78)

1.1

7 (78)

2 (22)

6.0

2 (22)

1 (11)

1 (11)

5 (56)

1 (0–1)

Polyarticular RF +

3 (100)

3 (100)

1 (33)

3 (100)

0 (0)

1 (33)

3 (100)

0

3 (100)

1 (33)

4.7

1 (33)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0–0)

Overall

129 (96)

126 (94)

60 (45)

71 (53)

23 (17)

10 (7)

83 (62)

0.9

77 (57)

20 (15)

5.5

19 (14)

9 (7)

5 (4)

83 (62)

0 (0–4)

  1. Key: Med. median; NSAIDS non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; bDMARD biologic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug
  2. aMedian number of elective admissions for joint injections per patient