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Table 2 Inclusion and exclusion criteria for studies

From: “Environmental risk factors associated with juvenile idiopathic arthritis associated uveitis: a systematic review of the literature”

Domain

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

Study language

English

Not English

Study type

Systematic review

Observation study (cohort, case-control, cross-sectional)

Non-systematic review article

Clinical trial

Animal study

In vitro study

Ex vivo study

Case report

Study population

Patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis associated uveitis (JIA-U), diagnosed using any recognised uveitis diagnostic criteria [e.g. International Uveitis Study Group (IUSG), Standardised Uveitis Nomenclature (SUN), International Classification of Diseases (ICD)] who also meet diagnostic criteria for juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), diagnosed using any recognised criteria [e.g. American College of Rheumatology (ACR), EULAR,, International League of Associations for Rheumatology (ILAR), ICD]

PLUS

Onset of disease at or before 16 years of age

Adults (defined as age > 16 yrs)

Study comparator

General population without JIA or JIA-U

Other rheumatic, autoimmune or inflammatory disease

Study risk factor

Environmental risk factors (including patient, familial and perinatal)

Non-environmental risk factors (e.g. genetic, ethnic/racial, familial aggregation)