Semi-quantitative thigh magnetic resonance imaging scores in assessing disease activity and determining long-term clinical outcome in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: a causal mediation analysis.
Mamatha GorijavoluDevender BairwaSachit GanapathySaikumar DungaAishwarya GopalRamesh AnanthakrishnanMolly Mary ThabahVir Singh NegiChengappa Kavadichanda GanapathyPublished in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) (2023)
Baseline fatty-infiltration and muscle-atrophy resulting from older age, female sex, longer disease duration and absent anti-synthetase antibodies, partly mediate muscle recovery in IIM.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- rheumatoid arthritis
- magnetic resonance imaging
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- skeletal muscle
- ankylosing spondylitis
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- physical activity
- high resolution
- oxidative stress
- computed tomography
- fatty acid
- contrast enhanced
- community dwelling
- depressive symptoms