HLA-B27 frequency in a group of patients with psoriatic arthritis

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia

Danilo Garcia Ruiz²  Mário Newton Leitão De Azevedo¹  Omar Lupi¹ 

[1] ,Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

关键词: Arthritis;    psoriatic;    HLA-B27 antigen;    Spondylarthropathies;    Antígeno HLA-B27;    Artrite psoriásica;    Espondiloartropatias;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0365-05962012000600004

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

BACKGROUND: HLA-B27 is associated with spondyloarthritis, a group of diseases that includes psoriatic arthritis. OBJECTIVES: To describe the HLA-B27 frequency in a group of Brazilian patients with psoriatic arthritis and correlate its presence or absence with their clinical manifestations. METHODS: Cross-sectional study with 44 psoriatic arthritis patients of a Rheumatology clinic. Demographic and social data were recorded, as were skin and joints clinical examination. HLA-B27 was tested. All data were processed descriptively and comparatively by appropriate software. Parametric and non parametric tests were used with 5% statistical significance. RESULTS: HLA-B27 was negative in 32 of the 44 patients (72,7%). Most of them were male, Caucasian, living in Rio de Janeiro, with plaque type psoriasis and average age of 52,9 years. There was statistical significant correlation between positive HLA-B27 and male gender (p=0,004). Negative HLA-B27 had a tendency to correlate with hands and wrists arthritis (p=0,07). There was an inverse significant correlation between HLA values and Schöber's test (p=0,02). CONCLUSION: Although HLA-B27 is negative in most of patients, it is significantly associated to male gender and inversely correlated with Schöber's test.

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