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Table 3 Juvenile idiopathic arthritis category-specific outcomes

From: Enthesitis-related arthritis is the most common category of juvenile idiopathic arthritis in Taiwan and presents persistent active disease

 

ERA

Persistent Oligoarthritis

Extended Oligoarthritis

RF(+)

Polyarthritis

RF(−)

Polyarthritis

Systemic

Overall

n = 73

n = 33

n = 22

n = 9

n = 19

n = 25

n = 181

Active

46 (63)

14 (42)

15 (68)

7 (78)

10 (53)

14 (56)

106 (59)

Non-active

24 (33)

18 (55)

5 (23)

2 (22)

8 (42)

8 (32)

65 (36)

Inactive

13 (18)

2 (6)

3 (14)

2 (22)

3 (16)

0 (0)

23 (13)

Clinical remission, on-medication

5 (7)

1 (3)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

6 (3)

Clinical remission, off-medication

6 (8)

15 (46)

2 (9)

0 (0)

5 (26)

8 (32)

36 (20)

Lost to follow-up

3 (4)

1 (3)

2 (9)

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (8)

8 (4)

Expired

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (5)

1 (4)

2 (1)

Active/Non-active (P)

46/24 (*0.036)

14/18 (reference)

15/5 (*0.027)

7/2 (0.071)

10/8 (0.422)

14/8 (0.151)

106/65

  1. *In comparison to persistent oligoarthritis. P < 0.05 is statistically significant