Similarities in clinical course and outcome between juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)-associated and ANA-positive idiopathic anterior uveitis: data from a population-based nationwide study in Germany

Table 7 National Paediatric Rheumatological Database (NPRD) with a uveitis add-on module in Germany (2002–2016). Uveitis-related eye complications at follow-up documentation. Data as provided in uveitis documentation

Follow-up documentation. Uveitis-related eye complications per patient, n (%)	Group I. Uveitis, ANA-positive, no JIA, N = 56		Group II. Uveitis manifestation after JIA disease onset*, N = 56		Group III. Uveitis manifestation before JIA disease onset*, N = 37		p value^†	Significant pairwise comparisons^‡
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Any complication	29	56.9	20	37.7	19	57.6	0.086
Band keratopathy	7	13.7	2	3.8	9	27.3	0.072	II vs. III
Glaucoma	4	7.8	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.031
Synechiae	16	31.4	13	24.5	11	33.3	0.622
Ocular hypotony	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	6.1	0.041
Retinal detachment	1	2.0	0	0.0	1	3.0	0.500
Papille edema	3	5.9	2	3.8	2	6.1	0.852
Iris rubeosis	3	5.9	0	0.0	1	3.0	0.205
Cataract	10	19.6	5	9.4	6	18.2	0.309
Vitreous opacities	5	9.8	4	7.6	2	6.1	0.816
Macular edema	2	3.9	2	3.8	1	3.0	0.976
Amblyopia/strabism	3	5.9	0	0.0	2	6.1	0.194
Other complications	2	3.9	5	9.4	3	9.1	0.503
Treatment-related eye complications	1	2.0	1	1.9	1	3.0	0.931

^†Group effect for the proportion of treated patients by chi-squared test for categorical variables
^‡Pairwise comparisons for the proportion of treated patients with correction for multiple comparisons by Bonferroni (chi-squared test)
*Initial uveitis diagnosis

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