Abstract

Background:Differents classifications criteria for IIM exist. New classification criteria are superior to previous in capturing different subgroups of IIM.Objectives:To compare the concordance and disparity of Bohan and Peter and EULAR/ACR 2017 classification criteria at the level of diagnostic certainty, in a group of chilean patients with IIM.Methods:40 adults patients with IIM (27 Dermatomyositis (DM) and 13 Polimyositis (PM)), according Bohan and Peter criteria were analized. The patients were reclassified with EULAR/ACR criteria. The level of diagnostic certainty (definitive, probable and possible) was registered for both Classification Criteria. The concordance and disparity between criteria was evaluated. Concordance and disparity analysis were made considering the strict agreement between level of certainty of both criteria, using Cohen´s Kappa coefficient. The analysis was done for the complete cohort and for separated groups.Patients with discordance belonging to the same subgroup were evaluated using contingency tables. The direction of the change (gain or lost of certainty) and the relation with diagnostic subgroup was also analized. Descriptive statistics is expressed as diagnostic categories, number of patients and rates.Results:For the complete cohort and for DM and PM groups the concordance was low. For 27 patients with DM, the observed concordance rate was 63% (16 definitives, 1 probable). The observed disparity rate was 37%. The direction of the change was gain of one level of certainty in 14.5% and two levels in 22.2% of patients applying EULAR/ACR criteria compared to Bohan y Peter criteria. For 13 pacients with PM, the observed concordance rate was 46% (3 definitives and 3 probables). The observed disparity rate was 54%. The direction of the change was loss of certainty. The loss of certainty was one level in 85,7% (one patient change from probable to posible). Only one patiente had gain of certainty of one level (14.3%).Conclusion:The strict concordance between both classification criteria was low. The observed concordances were better in patients with DM that PM. The disparities involved gain of level of diagnostic certainty in DM patients, while in PM patients there was mostly lost of level of certainty.

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