Comparable area under the curve for three risk scores to detect interstitial lung disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: an external validation.

Abstract excerpt

Rheumatoid Arthritis associated Interstitial Lung Disease (RA-ILD) is an extraarticular manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Several risk factors for RA-ILD have been identified, one is the promotor variant of mucin 5 B gene (MUC5B). Juge et al., Wheeler et al. and Koduri et al. have developed risk scores for identifying patients with RA at risk of RA-ILD....

Topics

• Humans
• Arthritis, Rheumatoid
• Lung Diseases, Interstitial
• Female
• Male
• Middle Aged