Risk factors for interstitial lung disease in early rheumatoid arthritis and external validation of screening strategies: Baseline results of SAIL-RA

2025-01-27 rheumatology Title + abstract only

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BackgroundRisk factors and screening strategies for rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) have received limited evaluation in patients with early RA. We investigated RA-ILD prevalence, risk factors, and the performance of proposed RA-ILD screening methodologies in a multicenter, prospective study of patients with early RA. MethodsParticipants with early RA, defined as being within two years of RA diagnosis, were enrolled at five US sites and assessed with high-resol...