Table 4

Concordance of major clinical features at recurrences with features present at first episode of acute rheumatic fever

Feature at
1st episode		Feature at any recurrenceRelative risk
(95% CI)4-150
+−
Carditis 1.3 (0.98 to 1.8)
 +3914
 −2822
Arthritis4-151  2.0 (1.4 to 3.0)
 +4112
 −1829
Chorea12.2 (4.6 to 32.2)
 +2811
 −464

  • ↵4-150 Risk ratio of feature at any recurrence if feature present at first episode of acute rheumatic fever (includes only patients with at least one recurrence; total cases differ with each feature because of missing data).

  • ↵4-151 Arthritis includes polyarthritis and monoarthritis.