Large joint and lower extremity involvement have higher impact on disease outcomes in oligoarticular psoriatic arthritis.
Gizem AyanDilek SolmazSibel BakirciIlaria TinazziAhmet OmmaOrhan KucuksahinCem OzislerSule YavuzOzun BayindirGezmis KimyonAtalay DogruEmine Figen TarhanMeryem CanLevent KilicMehmet Tuncay DuruozKenan AksuUmut KalyoncuSibel Zehra AydınPublished in: International journal of rheumatic diseases (2020)
For PsA patients with 3-4 joints involved, lower extremity and large joints are associated with poorer outcomes with worse PROs, physician global assessment, and higher CRP. The size and anatomical location of the joints are less important for patients with 1-2 joints in terms of the PROs.