ACR 2022 Tweet by Catherine Sims, MD

What delays diagnosis of AS? #ACR22 @RheumNow

Abstract #0328

Diagnosed faster if:
👨‍🦳Older age at back pain onset
🧬HLA-B27+
✋🦶peripheral arthritis

📍Higher socioeconomic vulnerability had diagnostic delay

👁 uveitis more common in patients with > 4 years dx delay