Table 3

Additional items for selected diseases

DiseaseAutoantibodies/laboratory markersDisease activity/damage scores
Rheumatoid arthritis

  • Anti-citrullinated protein antibody (ACPA)

  • Rheumatoid factor (RF)

  • 28 SJC

  • 28 TJC

  • DAS28-CRP3

Spondyloarthritis

  • HLA-B27

  • ASDAS

  • BASDAI

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis

  • Anti-citrullinated protein antibody (ACPA)

  • Rheumatoid factor (RF)

  • Antinuclear antibodies (ANA)

  • 28 SJC

  • 28 TJC

  • DAS28-CRP3

Systemic lupus erythematosus

  • Antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL), in particular: anti-cardiolipin (aCL) antibodies, anti-beta-2-glycoprotein-I-antibodies, lupus anticoagulant (LA)

  • Antinuclear antibodies (ANA)

  • Anti-double-stranded DNA antibodies

  • Extractable nuclear antigen (ENA) antibodies, in particular: anti-La/SSB antibodies, anti-Ro/SSA antibodies, anti-Sm antibodies, anti-U1-ribonucleoprotein (RNP) antibodies

  • Serum C3/C4

  • SLEPDAI (SLEDAI*)

  • SLICC/ACR damage index

Other connective tissue diseases

  • Antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL), in particular: anti-cardiolipin (aCL) antibodies, anti-beta-2-glycoprotein-I-antibodies, lupus anticoagulant (LA)

  • Extractable nuclear antigen (ENA) antibodies, in particular: anti-La/SSB antibodies, anti-Ro/SSA antibodies, anti-U1-ribonucleoprotein (RNP) antibodies

  • Antinuclear antibodies (ANA)

  • Serum C3/C4

  • *SLEDAI instead of SLEPDAI for postpartum disease activity.

  • ASDAS, Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score; BASDAI, Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index; DAS28-CRP3, Disease Activity Score based on 28 tender and swollen joints and C reactive protein; SLICC/ACR Damage Index, Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics/American College of Rheumatology Damage Index; SJC, swollen joint count; SLEDAI, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index; SLEPDAI, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Pregnancy Disease Activity Index; TJC, tender joint count.