Effect of acupuncture on ischaemic stroke in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a nationwide propensity score-matched study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To demonstrate that acupuncture is beneficial for decreasing the risk of ischaemic stroke in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Design

A propensity score-matched cohort study.

Setting

A nationwide population-based study.

Participants

Patients with RA diagnosed between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 2010, through the National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan.

Interventions

Patients who were administered acupuncture therapy from the initial date of RA diagnosis to 31 December 2010 were included in the acupuncture cohort. Patients who did not receive acupuncture treatment during the same time interval constituted the no-acupuncture cohort.

Primary outcome measures

A Cox regression model was used to adjust for age, sex, com

SUBMITTER: Huang CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10868250 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature