P194 Risk factors of axial spondyloarthritis among inflammatory bowel disease patients
C. JEMMALI1, A. Laabidi2, M. Hafi2, N. Ben Mustapha2, M. Serghini2, M. Fekih2, J. Boubaker2
1Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Gastroenterology A Rabta, Tunis, Tunisia, 2Rabta, Gastroenterology A, Tunis, Tunisia
Background
Spondyloarthritis (SpA) is the most common extraintestinal manifestation (EIM) in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients. However, the delay for the diagnosis of SpA in IBD patients is still unacceptably long, and may be the main cause of impairment due to ankylosing spondylitis. The aim of this study was to identify predictors of axial SpA in IBD patients, in order to prevent complications.
Methods
We conducted a retrospective study between 2001 and 2018 including all IBD patients diagnosed with symptomatic axial Spondyloarthritis (SpA) (Group1) and non-SpA patients among IBD (Group2). Diagnosis of SpA was based on ASAS 2009 criteria and confirmed by rheumatologists. Medical data were collected then uni and multivariate statistical analysis (
Results
Seventy-eight patients with mean age 38 ± 11 years and sex ratio H/F = 1.6 were included. There were 58 (74.4%) Crohn’s disease (CD) patients and twenty patients (25.6%) had ulcerative colitis (UC). The average duration of IBD in all patients was 89.7 ± 69.1 months. SpA group included 26 patients (33.3%), six of whom (23%) had a late-stage disease (ankylosis). Most of the SpA patients (53.8%) had their disease before IBD onset with an average delay of 52.5 ± 68 months between SpA diagnosis and IBD symptoms. In univariate analysis, factors associated with SpA in IBD patients were familial history of IBD (
Conclusion
In conclusion, predictors of symptomatic axial SpA were familial history of IBD and CD with structuring behaviour. Early-stage diagnosis is important to avoid ankylosis, which is a major cause of handicap in younger patients.