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Temporal trends from 2005 to 2018 in deaths and cardiovascular events in subjects with newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis
AbstractAlthough rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with an increased risk of death and cardiovascular (CV) disease, the excess of these risks is expected to have diminished over time, in more recent incident cohorts with RA. We analysed the risk of all-cause death, stroke, and myocardial infarction as primary outcomes and all CV events as secondary outcomes in RA subjects compared to the general population, from 2005 to 2018. The risk outcomes were also evaluated in relation to the time since RA diagnosis. We conducted a cohort study using linkable administrative healthcare databases of the Lombardy Region, Northern ...
Source: Internal and Emergency Medicine - January 2, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research