Cut-off for diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis = 11 points |
Criterion
|
Points
|
Psoriasis antedating or concomitant with joint symptom onset | 6 |
Family history of psoriasis (if criterion 1 negative) or psoriasis post dating joint symptom onset | 3 |
Arthritis of a distal interphalangeal joint | 3 |
Asymmetrical monarthritis or oligoarthritis | 1 |
Buttock pain, heel pain, spontaneous anterior chest wall pain, or diffuse inflammatory pain in the entheses | 2 |
Radiological criterion | 5 (any one |
Erosion of distal interphalangeal joint | criterion present) |
Osteolysis | |
Ankylosis | |
Juxta-articular periostitis | |
Phalangeal tuft resorption | |
Human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-B16 (38, 39) or B17 | 6 |
Negative rheumatoid factor | 4 |