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While some patients experience a self\u2011limited course, others develop chronic and relapsing disease. At present, no precise phenotyping strategy exists in clinical practice to reliably predict which patients will progress to chronicity.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objectives:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The aim of this study was to identify distinct phenotypic clusters sharing common clinical characteristics and to evaluate the predictive value of these clusters for disease outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This is a retrospective, single-center study. Histologically confirmed sarcoidosis patients (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">N<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200968), diagnosed between January 2022 and December 2023 at the 5th Pulmonary Medicine Department of SOTIRIA Chest Diseases Hospital of Athens, were included. All patients had &gt;2\u2009years of follow-up.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) followed by hierarchical clustering on principal components (HCPC) was performed to identify phenotypic clusters. Logistic regression was performed to identify the prognostic factors of chronicity.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 68 consecutive patients with sarcoidosis were included in the study. The mean age at diagnosis was 57.6\u2009\u00b1\u200911.1\u2009years, with the majority being females (61.8%). Thoracic involvement, including either intrathoracic lymph nodes and\/or the lungs, was the most frequently detected. Overall, fatigue, cough, and arthralgia were among the most frequently reported symptoms. Two phenotypic clusters were identified, including 63 (92.6%) and 5 (7.4%) patients. Cluster 1 was characterised by minimal extrapulmonary involvement, whereas Cluster 2 showed a higher frequency of multi-organ disease, including liver (80%), musculoskeletal (75%), spleen (67%), cardiac (50%) and skin (43%) involvement. Cluster stability was moderate to weak. The clustering phenotype was not associated with chronicity. However, involvement of lymph nodes only was associated with reduced odds of chronicity (OR 0.17, 95% CI 0.02\u20130.69), while arthritis was strongly associated with increased chronicity risk (OR 17.02, 95% CI 2.04\u2013471.07). Exploratory 3-cluster analysis suggested a potential arthritis-predominant phenotype, although of low stability.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Two distinct phenotypes in sarcoidosis are identified by using cluster analysis. In a sensitivity analysis that allowed for three clusters, a third cluster, characterised by the presence of arthritis and predominant eye and skin involvement, emerged. 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