Abstract
Objective: In our study we aimed to evaluate the effects of natural course of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) in children and drugs used for the treatment on the occurence frequency of metabolic syndrome.
Material and Methods: Our study was conducted on 67 patients who were diagnosed according to the International League Against Rheumatism (ILAR) criteria between the ages of 10 and 16 without any accompanying chronic diseases. In the cases included in this study, metabolic syndrome (MetS) was diagnosed according to the criteria defi ned for the metabolic syndrome by International Diabetes Federation (IDF) based upon age groups.
Results: 38.8% of patients were diagnosed with enthesitis-related JIA, 38.8% with oligoarticular, 13.4% with polyarticular and 8.9% with systemic JIA. In 54% of the patients’ parents, hypertension; in 27% type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), in 39% obesity, in 13% stroke, in 36% atherosclerosis and fi nally in 4% of the mothers, gestational diabetes (GDM) were found to be present. MetS was found in 4.47% of the patients with JIA. In 9% of the patients BMI was >95p; in 7% hypertension was present; in 6% TG was ≥150 mg/dl; in 24% HDL-C was ≤40 mg/dl; in 7% Fasting Blood Glucose (FBG) was ≥100 mg/dl; in 16% there was strias, and fi nally in 7%, acanthosis nigricans were found. It was determined that 16% of the patients with JIA use NSAID; 1% use MTX; 10% use SASP; 7% use GC+SASP; 18% use MTX+GC; 7% use MTX+SASP; 12% use MTX+SASP+GC; 1% use Anti-TNF-α+MTX+GC; and %1 use Anti-TNFalfa+MTX+GC+SASP.
Conclusion: In our study, it was determined that the continuation of the disease and the medicines used do not increase the density of MetS in the patients with JIA. It was determined that MetS and the complications dependent on its complications can decrease signifi cantly, provided that the alternatives of treatment are known well and these alternative treatments are used in patients with JIA, if necessary. In these patients, to increase the studies on MetS will help us be more informed about the identifi cation and management of the disease
Keywords: Child, Insulin resistance, Juvenile idiopathic arthritis, Metabolic syndrome
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