eprintid: 10150819 rev_number: 12 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/15/08/19 datestamp: 2022-06-28 10:23:19 lastmod: 2023-06-14 16:49:45 status_changed: 2022-06-28 10:23:19 type: article metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Yee, Chee-Seng creators_name: Gordon, Caroline creators_name: Akil, Mohammed creators_name: Lanyon, Peter creators_name: Edwards, Christopher J creators_name: Isenberg, David A creators_name: Rahman, Anisur creators_name: Teh, Lee-Suan creators_name: Tosounidou, Sofia creators_name: Stevens, Robert creators_name: Prabu, Athiveeraramapandian creators_name: Griffiths, Bridget creators_name: McHugh, Neil creators_name: Bruce, Ian N creators_name: Ahmad, Yasmeen creators_name: Khamashta, Munther A creators_name: Farewell, Vernon T title: The BILAG-2004 index is associated with development of new damage in SLE ispublished: pub divisions: C10 divisions: G90 divisions: B02 divisions: UCL divisions: D17 keywords: BILAG-2004, Damage, Disease activity, Mortality, SLE note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: OBJECTIVE: To determine whether BILAG-2004 index is associated with the development of damage in a cohort of SLE patients. Mortality and development of damage were examined. METHODS: This was a multicentre longitudinal study. Patients were recruited within 12 months of achieving 4th ACR classification criterion for SLE. Data were collected on disease activity, damage, SLE-specific drug exposure, cardiovascular risk factors, antiphospholipid syndrome status and death at every visit. This study ran from 1st January 2005 to 31st December 2017. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse mortality and development of new damage. Poisson regression was used to examine potential explanatory variables for development of new damage. RESULTS: 273 SLE patients were recruited with total follow-up of 1767 patient-years (median 73.4 months). There were 6348 assessments with disease activity scores available for analysis. During follow-up, 13 deaths and 114 new damage items (in 83 patients) occurred. The incidence rate for development of damage was higher in the first 3 years before stabilising at a lower rate. Overall rate for damage accrual was 61.1 per 1000 person-years (95% CI : 50.6, 73.8). Analysis showed that active disease scores according to BILAG-2004 index (systems scores of A or B, counts of systems with A and BILAG-2004 numerical score) were associated with development of new damage. Low disease activity (LDA) states (BILAG-2004 LDA and BILAG Systems Tally (BST) persistent LDA) were inversely associated with development of damage. CONCLUSIONS: BILAG-2004 index is associated with new damage. BILAG-2004 LDA and BST persistent LDA can be considered as treatment targets. date: 2023-02 date_type: published publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP) official_url: https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keac334 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1961808 doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac334 medium: Print-Electronic pii: 6605217 lyricists_name: Rahman, Mohammed lyricists_id: ARAHM26 actors_name: Rahman, Mohammed actors_id: ARAHM26 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Rheumatology volume: 62 number: 2 pagerange: 668-675 event_location: England citation: Yee, Chee-Seng; Gordon, Caroline; Akil, Mohammed; Lanyon, Peter; Edwards, Christopher J; Isenberg, David A; Rahman, Anisur; ... Farewell, Vernon T; + view all <#> Yee, Chee-Seng; Gordon, Caroline; Akil, Mohammed; Lanyon, Peter; Edwards, Christopher J; Isenberg, David A; Rahman, Anisur; Teh, Lee-Suan; Tosounidou, Sofia; Stevens, Robert; Prabu, Athiveeraramapandian; Griffiths, Bridget; McHugh, Neil; Bruce, Ian N; Ahmad, Yasmeen; Khamashta, Munther A; Farewell, Vernon T; - view fewer <#> (2023) The BILAG-2004 index is associated with development of new damage in SLE. Rheumatology , 62 (2) pp. 668-675. 10.1093/rheumatology/keac334 <https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology%2Fkeac334>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10150819/2/Rahman_BILAG-2004%20Predictive%20Validity%20manuscript%20revision%203.2.pdf