Regional difference in disease burden among patients with psoriatic arthritis: a multi-center study
Citation
Kılıç, E., Kılıç, G., Nas, K., Sargın, K., Kasman, S.A.i Alkan, H.,....& Tuncer, T. (2019). Regional Difference in Disease Burden Among Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis: A Multi-Center Study. Arthritis & Rheumatology, 71(10), 2471.Abstract
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) has been defined as an inflammatory arthritis associated with psoriasis. The disease activity can be evaluated using many scales in patients with PsA. There is a great temperature difference between geographic region in Turkey. For example,the average annual air temperature in Erzurum (one of the Eastern Anatolian cities) is 5.7° C whereas in Antalya (one of the Mediterranean region cities) average temperature is 18.7° C. Furthermore, altitude of Eastern Anatolian cities is higher than Mediterranean cities. The aim of this study was to assess whether there are regional differences in disease burden in patients with PsA.
