Toward a data‐driven evaluation of the 2010 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism criteria for rheumatoid arthritis: Is it sensible to look at levels of rheumatoid factor?

• Published in: Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) Vol. 63; no. 5; pp. 1190 - 1199
• Main Authors: van der Linden, M. P. M., Batstra, M. R., Bakker‐Jonges, L. E., Detert, J., Bastian, H., Scherer, H. U., Toes, R. E. M., Burmester, G.‐R., Mjaavatten, M. D., Kvien, T. K., Huizinga, T. W. J., van der Helm‐van Mil, A. H. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.05.2011; Wiley; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Arthritis, Rheumatoid - blood; Arthritis, Rheumatoid - diagnosis; Biological and medical sciences; Biomarkers - blood; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Female; Humans; Inflammatory joint diseases; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Miscellaneous. Osteoarticular involvement in other diseases; Patient Selection; Predictive Value of Tests; Rheumatism; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatoid Factor - blood; Rheumatology; Sensitivity and Specificity; Severity of Illness Index; Societies, Medical; Immunopathology; Rheumatoid factor; Chronic; Rheumatoid arthritis; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Rheumatology; Autoimmune disease; Inflammatory joint disease

Objective Recently, new classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have been devised by methodology that used first a quantitative approach (data from databases), then a qualitative approach (consensus; based on paper patients), and finally a common sense–based approach (evaluation of the...