TABLAS PARA RESUMEN “ESTUDIO CLINICO DE 972 PACIENTES REUMATOLÓGICOS CON

SÍNDROME DE HIPERLAXITUD ARTICULAR (SHA), USANDO CRITERIO DE BRIGHTON”

TABLES FOR THE ”CLINICA L STUDY OF 972 RHEUMATOLOGICAL PATIENTS WITH

JOINT HYPERMOBILITY SYNDROME (JHS) USING THE BRIGHTON CRITERIA”

Summary	n	%
Total Patients	972
Males	216	22,22
Females	756	77,78
	972	100,00

Table 1

		Total	Males 22.2%		Females 77.8%
Age Ranges	n	%	n	%	n	%
From 12 to 29 y/o	170	17,49	50	23,15	120	15,87
From 30 to 40 y/o	385	39,61	75	34,72	310	41,01
Older than 50 y/o	417	42,90	91	42,13	326	43,12
	972	100,00	216	100,00	756	100,00

Table 2

Beighton Score (BSc)		Total				M	F
		n		%		n	n
BSc 1	Elbows	297		30,6		48	237
BSc 2	Thumb - Forearm	127		13,1		21	108
BSc 3	MCPs	592		60,9		103	480
BSc 4	Genu-Recurvatum	230		23,7		33	179
BSc 5	Hands flat on floor	638		65,6		103	537
Brighton Criteria (MC Mayor criteria)
MC 1	BSc 4/9 or higher	383		39,4		58	325
MC 2	Arthralgias > 3 months	27		2,8		103	537
Brighton Criteria (Mc Minor criteria)
Mc 1	BSc of 3/9 or lower *		554		57,0		141	411
Mc 2	Arthralgias < 3 months		630		64,8		114	519
	Back problems		690		71,0		140	550
Mc 3	Subluxations		237		24,4		57	188
Mc 4	Recurrent Tendinitis, bursitis		569		58,5		123	455
Mc 5	Marfanoid Habitus		150		15,4		62	95
Mc 6	Skin Alterations		929		95,6		198	742
Mc 7	Myopia		231		23,8		51	181
Mc 7	Dropping eye lids		124		12,8		24	102
Mc 8	Varicose veins		196		20,2		36	158
Mc 8	Hernias		138		14,2		48	87
Mc 8	Uterine/ rectal Prolapse		66		6,8		7	62
Mc 9	MVP		34		3,5		7	25
Mc 10	Family history		554		57,0		141	411

* Brighton Criteria Major 1 and Minor 1, and Major 2 and Minor 2, are mutually exclusive

Negative Beighton Score( 3/9 or less)

596/972

61,3%

Importance: The sole use of the Beighton Score, would have excluded 61,3% of the patients

Table 3

Low BMD in patients with JHS depending on sex, including all ages

		Total group	Males		Females
n		%	n %		n %
Normal	178	29,1	20	17,1	158	32,0
Osteopenia: Mild	103	16,9	20	17,1	83	16,8
Moderate	114	18,7	25	21,4	89	18,0
Severe	83	13,6	16	13,7	67	13,6
Osteoporosis	133	21,8	36	30,8	97	19,6
Total studied	611	100,0	117	100,0	494	100,0

Table 4

BMD depending on age and sex, in 611 patients with JHS, from 12 to 29 y/o

Total group			Males		Females
	n	%	n %		n %
Normal	178	29,1	5	23,8	21	35,6
Osteopenia: Milld	103	16,9	5	23,8	9	15,3
Moderate	114	18,7	6	28,6	11	18,6
Severe	83	13,6	1	4,8	7	11,9
Osteoporosis	133	21,8	4	19,0	11	18,6

Table 5

Dysautonomia in the total group

Total		group	Males		Females
n		%	n %		n %
Dysaut. present	349	35,9	39	18,06	310	41,01
Total studied	972	100,00	216	100,00	756	100,00

Table 6

Dysautonomia depending on age and sex, in patients from 12 to 29 y/o

	Total	group	Males		Females
	n	%	n %		n %
Dysaut. present	349	35,9	20	40,0	77	64,2
Total studied	972	100,00	50	100,00	120	100,00

Table 7

Dysautonomia depending on age, both sexes together

	Total	group	Group A		Group B		Group C
			From 12 to 29 y/o		From 30 to 49 y/o		50 y/o and older
	n	%	n %		n %		n %
Dysaut. present	349	35,9	97	57,1	177	46,0	75	18,0
Total studied	972	100,00	170	100,00	385	100,00	417	100,00

Table 8

Blue sclera depending on sex

SCLERA	Total	group	Males		Females
	n	%	n %		n %
0	190	20,0	72	35.12	118	15.90
I	417	44,0	106	51.71	311	41.91
II	315	33,2	26	12.68	289	38.95
III	26	2,7	1	0.49	24	3.24
Total studied	948	100,0	205	100.0	742	100.0

SANTIAGO, JULY 19, 2007