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Table 14.1

Included items and sensitivity of different diagnostic and classifi

cation criteria for polymyalgia rheumatica

Bird/Wood criteria (1979)

Jones/Hazleman criteria (1981)

Hunder criteria (1982)

Nobunaga criteria (1989)

EULAR/ACR classifi

cation (2012)

Age

>65 years





>50 years





≥50 years

Duration onset

<2/52

>2/12

≥1 month

≥2 weeks

≥2 weeks

Pain/aching/tenderness





Bilateral shoulder pain/stiffness

Shoulder/pelvic girdle pain

Bilateral: neck or torso; shoulders or upper arms; hips or thighs

Bilateral muscles pain in > 2: neck, shoulders, upper arm, hips/pelvis, thighs

Bilateral shoulder and/or pelvic girdle pain Hip pain/limited range of motion (1 point)





Bilateral upper arm tenderness

Morning stiffness

>1 h

>1 h







>45 min (2 points)

ESR/CRP

>40 mm/h

>30 mm/h/> 6
μ(mu)g/mL

>40 mm/h

>40 mm/h

Elevated

Other

Depression and/or weight loss









Rapid corticosteroid response

Exclusion of other diagnosis





Absence of RA and muscle disease

Exclusion of other diagnoses

Normal myogenic enzymes

Absence of: RF/anti-CCP (2 points)

No swelling hand joints

Peripheral joint pain (1 point)

Sensitivity

3 or more

All criteria

All criteria

All criteria

Score ≥ 4 points

99.5 %

84.9 %

93.3 %

67.8 %

68 %

EULAR

European League Against Rheumatism,

ACR

American College of Rheumatology,

RF

rheumatoid factor,

anti-CCP

anti-citrullinated protein antibody

I. Castrejon
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