Rheumatoid arthritis and risk of pancreatitis: a nationwide cohort study.

ABSTRACT: We aimed to assess whether patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a higher risk of developing acute and chronic pancreatitis compared to individuals without RA. We identified 54,910 individuals with RA between 2010 and 2017. After exclusion, they were matched in a 1:3 ratio based on age and gender to control population without RA. Cox regression analyses were performed to estimate hazard ratio. During a median follow-up of 5.5 years, 0.18% of the patients with RA and 0.14% of the matched control developed acute pancreatitis. The risk acute pancreatitis was higher in the RA cohort compared to matched control (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] 1.33; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.02-1.74). In the case of chronic pancreatitis, 0.11% of patients with RA and 0.09% of the matched control develop

SUBMITTER: Park J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11880365 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature