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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
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