Prevalence of Obesity in A Cohort of Egyptian Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients and Its Implication on Disease Activity
Hammoda, R., Moussa, S., Hassan, R. (2021). Prevalence of Obesity in A Cohort of Egyptian Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients and Its Implication on Disease Activity. EKB Journal Management System, 82(3), 536-541. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2021.148536
Rasha Mahmoud Hammoda; Salwa G. Moussa; Rasha M. Hassan. "Prevalence of Obesity in A Cohort of Egyptian Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients and Its Implication on Disease Activity". EKB Journal Management System, 82, 3, 2021, 536-541. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2021.148536
Hammoda, R., Moussa, S., Hassan, R. (2021). 'Prevalence of Obesity in A Cohort of Egyptian Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients and Its Implication on Disease Activity', EKB Journal Management System, 82(3), pp. 536-541. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2021.148536
Hammoda, R., Moussa, S., Hassan, R. Prevalence of Obesity in A Cohort of Egyptian Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients and Its Implication on Disease Activity. EKB Journal Management System, 2021; 82(3): 536-541. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2021.148536

Prevalence of Obesity in A Cohort of Egyptian Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients and Its Implication on Disease Activity

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
Article 23, Volume 82, Issue 3, January 2021, Page 536-541  XML PDF (502.24 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2021.148536
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Authors
Rasha Mahmoud Hammoda email 1; Salwa G. Moussa2; Rasha M. Hassan1
1Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
2Department of Physical Medicine, Rheumatology & Rehabilitation, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Abstract
Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease with articular and extra-articular manifestations, several factors can affect disease outcome.
Objective: To assess the prevalence of obesity in a cohort of Egyptian rheumatoid arthritis patients and study its relation to disease activity and extra-articular manifestations.
Patients and methods: The study included 200 RA patients. Detailed medical history, disease activity score (DAS28), VAS, HAQ, were carefully recorded. High-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) was done and to detect lung affection. BMI was calculated and patients were sub-grouped accordingly into underweight, normal BMI, over-weight and obese patients.
Results: Patients were 172 females and 28 males with a mean age of 45.1±14.2 years. According to BMI, 32% of patients were overweight, 35% were obese, 20% with normal BMI and 13% were underweight. Overweight and obese patients were significantly older (p ˂ 0.001), had longer disease duration (p ˂ 0.001), had higher ESR, CRP, DAS, HAQ, VAS (p ˂ 0.001), had more frequent arthritis (p˂0.001), had joint deformity, had rheumatoid nodules (p = 0.007) and ILD (p ˂ 0.001).
Conclusion: overweight and obesity were frequent among Egyptian RA patients. It was associated with high disease activity and extra-articular manifestations. In turn, patients’ weight reduction can help in improvement of patients’ outcome and disease activity control.
 
Keywords
Obesity; Rheumatoid arthritis; Extra-articular
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