2017 European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology Classification Criteria for Adult and Juvenile Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies and Their Major Subgroups



Lundberg, Ingrid E, Tjarnlund, Anna, Bottai, Matteo, Werth, Victoria P, Pilkington, Clarissa, de Visser, Marianne, Alfredsson, Lars, Amato, Anthony A, Barohn, Richard J, Liang, Matthew H
et al (show 27 more authors) (2017) 2017 European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology Classification Criteria for Adult and Juvenile Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies and Their Major Subgroups. ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY, 69 (12). pp. 2271-2282.

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<h4>Objective</h4>To develop and validate new classification criteria for adult and juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) and their major subgroups.<h4>Methods</h4>Candidate variables were assembled from published criteria and expert opinion using consensus methodology. Data were collected from 47 rheumatology, dermatology, neurology, and pediatric clinics worldwide. Several statistical methods were utilized to derive the classification criteria.<h4>Results</h4>Based on data from 976 IIM patients (74% adults; 26% children) and 624 non-IIM patients with mimicking conditions (82% adults; 18% children), new criteria were derived. Each item is assigned a weighted score. The total score corresponds to a probability of having IIM. Subclassification is performed using a classification tree. A probability cutoff of 55%, corresponding to a score of 5.5 (6.7 with muscle biopsy) "probable IIM," had best sensitivity/specificity (87%/82% without biopsies, 93%/88% with biopsies) and is recommended as a minimum to classify a patient as having IIM. A probability of ≥90%, corresponding to a score of ≥7.5 (≥8.7 with muscle biopsy), corresponds to "definite IIM." A probability of <50%, corresponding to a score of <5.3 (<6.5 with muscle biopsy), rules out IIM, leaving a probability of ≥50-<55% as "possible IIM."<h4>Conclusion</h4>The European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology (EULAR/ACR) classification criteria for IIM have been endorsed by international rheumatology, dermatology, neurology, and pediatric groups. They employ easily accessible and operationally defined elements, and have been partially validated. They allow classification of "definite," "probable," and "possible" IIM, in addition to the major subgroups of IIM, including juvenile IIM. They generally perform better than existing criteria.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: International Myositis Classification Criteria Project Consortium, the Euromyositis Register, and the Juvenile Dermatomyositis Cohort Biomarker Study and Repository (UK and Ireland), Muscle, Skeletal, Humans, Myositis, Biopsy, Sensitivity and Specificity, Consensus, Rheumatology, Adolescent, Adult, Middle Aged, Child, Societies, Medical, United States, Europe, Female, Male, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Young Adult, Symptom Assessment
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 13 Nov 2017 16:04
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2023 06:50
DOI: 10.1002/art.40320
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3012091