https://doi.org/10.4081/reumatismo.2018.1039

Comorbidity in polymyalgia rheumatica

Vol. 70 No. 1 (2018): Monographic issue on Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Submitted: 4 July 2017
Accepted: 13 September 2017
Published: 27 March 2018
Polymyalgia rheumatica, Paraneoplastic syndrome, Cancer, Systematic review.
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C. Chatzigeorgiou
umcch@leeds.ac.uk
Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, United Kingdom.
S.L. Mackie
Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, United Kingdom.
Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is the commonest inflammatory rheumatic disease affecting older people. The current mainstay of treatment is long-term oral glucocorticoid therapy. Management of these patients in clinical practice is often complicated by the presence of comorbidity. Comorbidity might be due to shared risk factors such as age, sex, or genetic background; to the presence of the disease itself; or to adverse effects of glucocorticoid therapy. Cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis/fracture, metabolic and ocular comorbidity are of particular interest to clinicians because of their relationship to glucocorticoid therapy and the relevance to clinical treatment decisions regarding glucocorticoid tapering. Patients at high risk of exacerbation of comorbidity by glucocorticoid therapy may be considered for adjunctive steroid-sparing therapies and thus may need specialist management. From a public health perspective, with the ageing population the prevalence of PMR is predicted to increase; accurate data on comorbidity will be needed for planning and delivery of healthcare services.

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Chatzigeorgiou, C., & Mackie, S. (2018). Comorbidity in polymyalgia rheumatica. Reumatismo, 70(1), 35–43. https://doi.org/10.4081/reumatismo.2018.1039

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