Risk of mortality in patients with psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis: a longitudinal cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are conflicting reports in the literature of the mortality risk among patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). The objective of this study was to examine the risk of mortality in patients with PsA compared with matched controls, patients with psoriasis and those with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Methods

A longitudinal cohort study was performed in a large UK medical record database, The Health Improvement Network, among patients with PsA, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or psoriasis with data from 1994 to 2010. Unexposed controls were matched on practice and start date within the practice for each patient with PsA. Cox proportional hazards models were used to calculate the relative hazards for death.

Results

Patients with PsA (N=8706), RA (N=41 752), psoriasi

SUBMITTER: Ogdie A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3883139 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature