Abstract
Despite well-established clinical associations between Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
(hEDS) and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), the precise prevalence
is unknown. We therefore evaluated for hEDS in 91 POTS participants using the 2017
hEDS diagnostic checklist, which has three major criteria: 1) generalized joint hypermobility
(Beighton score), 2) systemic features, family history, and 3) absence of exclusion
criteria. Overall, 28 out of 91 POTS participants (31%) met clinical criteria for
hEDS. An additional 24% of participants had generalized joint hypermobility without
meeting hEDS criteria. Identifying the prevalence of hEDS in POTS is important for
understanding possible mechanisms connecting these two syndromes.
Abbreviations:
EDS (Ehlers-Danlos syndromes), hEDS (hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome), OI (orthostatic intolerance), POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome)To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Publication history
Published online: January 10, 2020
Accepted:
January 10,
2020
Received in revised form:
January 10,
2020
Received:
December 6,
2019
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